Middle English Dictionary Entry
fēverǒus adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | fēverǒus adj. Also fiever-. |
| Etymology | OF fevros, fievreus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Characteristic of fever, febrile; (b) of a person: ill with fever, affected by fever; (c) of a disease: characterized or accompanied by fever; also fig.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)314b/a : Fatnesse þat..exciteþ þe feuerous [L febrilis] hete.
- c1490(?a1449) ?Lydg.De SMCP (Chet 6709)19 : Begynnyng of eche ffeverus Accesse.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)247a/a : Leues þerof yspronge wiþ water kelith þe ayre aboute feuerous men [L febricitantes].
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)222/20 : It wole make a man yuel disposid & feuerous.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)80/3 : Ȝyf þe feuerous man to drinken þis sabras afornn his akcesse.
c
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.589 : This fieverous maladie..Makth the Jelous in fieble plit.
- a1456(a1449) Lydg.Gloriosa (Trin-C R.3.20)165 : Vnkynde heetes of ffeuerous pestylence.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1475 Let.Ipocras Prols.(Cmb Dd.10.44) 640 : Vrine feuerous, yf it be trobele as it ware water, it signifieth mykell yvyll in the hed nygh to come.
Note: Additional quote, sense (a), 'febrile, indicative of fever'.