fiévreux

French

Etymology

From fièvre 'fever' (cognate, from Latin fiber) + -eux '-ish'

Adjective

fiévreux (feminine singular 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 le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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