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- aguishly adverb
Etymology
Origin of aguish
First recorded in 1610–20; ague + -ish 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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As late as 1874, Her Majesty’s Inspector for Schools described the area as “low-lying, aguish, and unhealthy, where no one would live if they could help it.”
From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2018
Indeed, that hot aguish autumn day let fall its sunshine on the heads and blew its feverish breath through the rifts of the greatest and liveliest mass of people ever assembled in Howard county.
From Hoosier Mosaics by Thompson, Maurice
Productive of, or affected by, ague; as, the aguish districts of England.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
Round them a folding robe their weak limbs aguish hiding, Fell bright-white to the feet, with a purple border of issue.
From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Ellis, Robinson
His face wore that blue, pallid appearance, which you may have seen in aguish patients.
From Verner's Pride by Wood, Henry, Mrs.
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