fiévreux

French

Etymology

From fièvre 'fever' (cognate, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin fiber) + -eux '-ish'

Adjective

fiévreux (feminine fiévreuse, masculine plural fiévreux, feminine plural fiévreuses)

1. feverish, running a high body-temperature
2. causing fever
3. (figuratively) hot-tempered, agitated

Noun

fiévreux m (plural fiévreux)

1. A fever-sufferer, notably a feverish patient
2. (figuratively) A hothead, feverishly agitated person

Further reading

• “fiévreux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.