ague
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- noun A febrile condition in which there are alternating periods of chills, fever, and sweating. Used chiefly in reference to the fevers associated with malaria.
- noun A chill or fit of shivering.
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- I laid there and tried to sleep; but the wind came in between the trees so cold that I quaked like having the ague, and I quitted this lodging to seek another at the — The Life of John Clare
- I went to visit some people at Kensington: Ophy Butler's wife [9] there lies very ill of an ague, which is a very common disease here, and little known in Ireland. — The Journal to Stella
- No doubt the ague is itself privately a point of moment. — History of Friedrich II of Prussia
- "Jus 'that when I see nigger ladies, an' their wearin 'veils, _an'_ shiverin' like they had the ague -- well, I get curious." — Flash For Freedom
- She didn't even know for sure what Lizzie's sickness was; the apothecary had called it an -ague, " and the landlady had talked of 'seasoning. — Drums of Autumn
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- Middle English, from Old French (fievre) ague, sharp (fever), from Medieval Latin (febris) acūta, from Latin, feminine of acūtus; see acute.
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/ (āˈgyo͞o)/
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