Ague Definition

āgyo͝o
noun
A fever, usually malarial, marked by regularly recurring chills.
Webster's New World
A chill; fit of shivering.
Webster's New World
A febrile condition in which there are alternating periods of chills, fever, and sweating. Used chiefly in reference to the fevers associated with malaria.
American Heritage Medicine
A chill or fit of shivering.
American Heritage Medicine

(pathology) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.

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Synonyms:
verb

To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.

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Origin of Ague

  • Middle English agu, ague, from Old French and Middle French (fievre) aguë, “acute (fever)” (Modern French fièvre aigüe), from Late Latin (febris) acuta (“acute fever”), from acūtus (“sharp, acute”) + febris (“fever”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French (fievre) ague sharp (fever) from Medieval Latin (febris) acūta from Latin feminine of acūtus acute

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Cognate to acute.

    From Wiktionary

Ague Sentence Examples

  • They both contracted ague and fever on the survey from which he died.

  • A single paroxysm of simple ague may come upon the patient in the midst of good health or it may be preceded by some malaise.

  • The boy had the disease for three years, ending with tertian ague.

  • It is generally applied to the definite unhealthy condition of body known by a variety of names, such as ague, intermittent (and remittent) fever, marsh fever, jungle fever, hill fever, "fever of the country" and "fever and ague."

  • The point common to the various forms of ague is that the paroxysm ceases about midnight or early morning.

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Words Starting With

AAGAGU

Words Ending With

EUEGUE

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Words Starting With A and Ending With E

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With A4 Letter Words Ending With E