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ague

/ˈeɪ.ɡju/ · noun

Meaning

  1. An acute fever.
  2. An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
  3. The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever
  4. A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.
  5. Malaria.
  6. To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

acute(English)acute accent(English)chills and fever(English)fever(English)tertian(English)quartan(English)chills(English)chill(English)malaria(English)diseases(English)killed(English)term(English)

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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