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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 feverishness
 發燒;熱病;瘋狂

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Fe·ver·ish, a.
 1. Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and thirst; as, the patient is feverish.
 2. Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever; as, feverish symptoms.
 3. Hot; sultry. “The feverish north.”
 4. Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the feverish condition of the commercial world.
 Syn: -- fevered.
    Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being.   --Milton.
 -- Fe*ver*ish*ly, adv. -- Fe*ver*ish*ness, n.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 feverishness
      n : a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom
          of infection [syn: fever, febrility, febricity, pyrexia]