'Feverishness' definitions:

Definition of 'feverishness'

noun

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

From: GCIDE

Feverish \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. [1913 Webster]
2. Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever; as, feverish symptoms. [1913 Webster]
3. Hot; sultry. "The feverish north." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
4. Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the feverish condition of the commercial world.
Syn: fevered. [1913 Webster]
Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being. --Milton. -- {Fe"ver*ish*ly}, adv. -- {Fe"ver*ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]