† feveriten.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fever n.1, -ite suffix1.
Etymology: < fever n.1 + -ite suffix1.
Obsolete.
rare.
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > person
1800 C. Lamb Let. 16 Oct. in (1975) I. 241 I have..obtained two young hands to supply the loss of the Feverites.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019).