fiévreux
French
Etymology
From fièvre 'fever' (cognate, from Latin febris) + -eux '-ish'.
Adjective
fiévreux (feminine fiévreuse, masculine plural fiévreux, feminine plural fiévreuses)
- feverish, running a high body-temperature
- causing fever
- (figuratively) hot-tempered, agitated
Noun
fiévreux m (plural fiévreux)
- a fever-sufferer, notably a feverish patient
- (figuratively) a hothead, feverishly agitated person
Further reading
- “fiévreux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.