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Word entry · 5 letters

fever

Best crossword clue

"High body temperature"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈfiːvə/Part of speech nounSorted eefrvStarts with FEnds with R1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a state of nervous excitement

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • There has been a rise in my fever. I think I've the flu.
  • scarlet fever
  • an envious fever

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