\Fe"ver*ous\, a. [Cf.F. fi['e]vreux.]
1. Affected with fever or ague; feverish.
         His heart, love's feverous citadel.   --Keats.
2. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fever; as, a
   feverous pulse.
         All maladies . . . all feverous kinds. --Milton.
3. Having the tendency to produce fever; as, a feverous
   disposition of the year. [R.] --Bacon.