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ague
- /ˈeɪ.ɡju/
Where it comes from
From Middle English agu, ague, borrowed from Middle French (fievre) aguë, “acute (fever)” (Modern French fièvre aiguë), from Late Latin (febris) acuta (“acute fever”), from Latin acūtus (“sharp, acute”) + febris (“fever”).
Doublet of acute.
noun agues
- An acute fever.
- An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits. He had to capture some character and get out of that rest room before his ague got so bad that the sergeant had to carry him to and from the booth every day.
- The cold fit or rigor of an intermittent fever. fever and ague
- A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold. November 23, 1698, John Dryden, letter to Mrs Stewart I ’scap’d with one cold fit of an ague
- Malaria. Where I’m from, people have learned that mosquitoes carry ague.
verb agues · aguing · agued
- To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.
Translations
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noun intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits
| Español | fiebre intermitente |
|---|---|
| Français | fièvre |
| Deutsch | Wechselfieber |
| Русский | лихора́дка lixorádka |
noun chill, or state of shaking, as with cold
| Español | escalofrío |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 寒気 samuke, 悪寒 okan |
| 中文 | 寒戰 /寒战 hánzhàn |
| Deutsch | Schüttelfrost |
| Ελληνικά | ρίγη rígi |
| Русский | озно́б oznób |
verb to strike with an ague, or with a cold fit
| Русский | лихора́дка lixorádka |
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title = {ague},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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