ague

American  

[ey-gyoo] / ˈeɪ gyu /

noun

1. Pathology. a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits.

2. a fit of fever or shivering or shaking chills, accompanied by malaise, pains in the bones and joints, etc.; chill.

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ague British  

/ ˈeɪɡjuː /

noun

1. a fever with successive stages of fever and chills esp when caused by malaria

2. a fit of shivering

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Other Word Forms

• aguelike adjective
• aguish adjective

Etymology

Origin of ague

1250–1300; Middle English < Middle French, short for fievre ague acute fever < Latin febris acūta

Example Sentences

Added to that, they ague their aircraft are quiet and emissions-free.

From BBC

The next major Northwest epidemic to appear was “fever and ague,” recurring each summer during the 1830s in “interior valleys” west of the Cascades, from the Cowlitz to the Rogue rivers.

From Seattle Times

“I think you have got the ague,” said I.

From Literature

It frightened and amazed me somewhat; and as for Arthur, he fell a-trembling, and finally was shaken with doubt as with an ague.

From Literature

On the seventh day the ague came upon him again, but he did not stop work.

From Literature