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aguish

[ ey-gyoo-ish ]

/ ˈeɪ gyu ɪʃ /

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adjective

producing, resembling, or resulting from ague.

easily affected by or subject to fits of ague.

shaking; quivering.

Nearby words

Origin of aguish

First recorded in 1610–20; ague + -ish¹

Related formsa·gu·ish·ly, adverb

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for aguish

The smell of the aguish flats which fringed that part of Paris rose strong in his nostrils.
Count Hannibal|Stanley J. Weyman
Morse had lived before in aguish districts, and had no fear.
Selected Stories|Bret Harte
A curious record remains of an aguish sickness in a child, which had begun about January, 1614.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2)|Charles Creighton
During the night Don Luis was attacked with aguish symptoms.
California|J. Tyrwhitt Brooks

Every man nudged his neighbor, and the aguish, blue-eyed boy grinned in a ghastly, self-satisfied way.
Hoosier Mosaics|Maurice Thompson