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ague
[ ey-gyoo ]
noun
- Pathology. a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits.
- a fit of fever or shivering or shaking chills, accompanied by malaise, pains in the bones and joints, etc.; chill.
ague
/ ˈeɪɡjuː /
noun
- a fever with successive stages of fever and chills esp when caused by malaria
- a fit of shivering
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Derived Forms
- ˈaguish, adjective
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Other Words From
- ague·like adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ague1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ague1
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Example Sentences
To add to their troubles, fever and ague attacked most of the white men, and one of them (Ogilvie) died on the journey.
For a sick woman, to be sure, the ague fit had left its victim for that day, and she was feeling better.
A severe attack of fever and ague was the result of Dorothy passing the night upon the heath.
Again an ague of beauty caught him, and he needed to hurl himself full length upon the mats until the ecstacy was past.
Dale dragged himself to a sitting posture and began shivering as if suffering from ague.
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