Ague
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈeɪ.ɡju/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ague is a noun meaning (pathology) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
Meaning
(pathology) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
More Meanings
- The cold fit or rigor of an intermittent fever.
- A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.
- (transitive) To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.
- (obsolete) An acute fever.
- (obsolete) Malaria.
Example Sentences
fever and ague
Where I’m from, people have learned that mosquitoes carry ague.
November 23, 1698, John Dryden, letter to Mrs Stewart I ’scap’d with one cold fit of an ague
’Twere hard to say who fared the best: Sad mortals! thus the Gods still plague you! He lost his labour, I my jest: For he was drowned, and I’ve the ague
Word Forms
- agues
- aguing
- agued
Synonyms for ague
Depending on context, synonyms include acute.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include acute, fever, tertian, quartan, chills, chill.
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