Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FE'VER-ISH, a.

1. Having a slight fever; as, the patient is feverish.
2. Diseased with fever or heat; as, feverish nature. Creech.
3. Uncertain; inconstant; fickle; now hot, now cold. We toss and turn about our feverish will. Dryden.
4. Hot; sultry; burning; as, the feverish north. Dryden.