fever
a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,129 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,316 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection also: febrility, febricity, pyrexia, feverishness
- intense nervous anticipation in a fever of resentment
fever in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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She shook with fever; her teeth chattered.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Gissing feared a fever and thought their temperatures should be taken.
Where the Blue Begins · Christopher Morley · Chapter 1
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There was a long pause, broken only by my hay fever.
Punch — Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 · Various · Chapter 1
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Then he closed his eyes again, and a violent attack of fever came on.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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The boy's curiosity was at fever heat and got the better of his customary inertia in the face of explicit prohibitions.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1