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fever

Pronunciation: /ˈfiːvə/

The English word “fever” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.
  2. Any of various diseases.
  3. A state of excitement or anxiety.
  4. A group of stingrays.
  5. Sexual attraction towards a specific group of people.

verb

  1. To put into a fever; to affect with fever.
  2. To become fevered.

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”). Displaced native Old English hriþ (“fever”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Fiewer, German Fieber, Danish feber, Swedish feber.

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