fever

== English == === Alternative forms === feaver, fevre (obsolete, rare) === Etymology === From Middle English fever, fevere, from Old English fefer, fefor (“fever”) and Old French fievre (“fever”), from Latin febris (“a fever”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Replaced native Old English hriþ (“fever”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Fiewer, German Fieber, Danish feber, Swedish feber. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfiːvə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfivɚ/ Rhymes: -iːvə(ɹ) Hyphenation: fe‧ver === Noun === fever (countable and uncountable, plural fevers) (medicine) A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease. (usually in combination with one or more preceding words) Any of various diseases. A state of excitement or anxiety. (neologism) A group of stingrays. (in combination, slang, often derogatory) Sexual attraction towards a specific group of people. ==== Synonyms ==== (higher than normal body temperature): high temperature, pyrexia (medical term), temperature (state of excitement): excitation, excitement, passion ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== hyperthermia === Verb === fever (third-person singular simple present fevers, present participle fevering, simple past and past participle fevered) To put into a fever; to affect with fever. a fevered lip To become fevered. === References === fever on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Further reading === “fever”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “fever”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === fevre