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Origin of aguish
First recorded in 1610–20; ague + -ish 1 ( def. )
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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
A sort of aguish shivering ran over the notary.
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 by Sue, Eugène
In the mean time he was again laid prostrate by another violent attack of aguish fever; and when able to write in June, 1827, he expressed himself as “completely wearied and worn down with vexation.”
From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Smiles, Samuel
Then 'gan abate The storm, and through chill aguish gloom outburst The comfortable sun.
From Endymion A Poetic Romance by Keats, John
The smell of the aguish flats which fringed that part of Paris rose strong in his nostrils.
From Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France by Weyman, Stanley John
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