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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
Then 'gan abate The storm, and through chill aguish gloom outburst The comfortable sun.
From Endymion A Poetic Romance by John Keats
One was a tall thin man, about fifty years of age, with a sharp eye, a hollow aguish cheek, a scanty beard, wearing a pair of silken drawers, and a shawl undercoat.
From The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan by James Morier
I have a very aguish headache that takes me on alternate days, and for which I am ordered change of air, which, of course, in my wife's present state of health, is impossible.
From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I by Edmund Downey
Productive of, or affected by, ague; as, the aguish districts of England.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
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