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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
"Hooray for the gal!" cried a lusty youth, whose pale blue eyes made no show of contrast with his faded hair and aguish complexion.
From Hoosier Mosaics by Thompson, Maurice
The Bishop and Presbytery thereupon suspended him, and he was summoned before the Synod in April, 1679, but did not attend, on account of "ane aguish distemper which had seized on him."
From Chronicles of Strathearn by Macdougall, W. B.
There was an aguish pain in his spine that blinded him: since yesterday he had eaten nothing,—he had no money to buy a meal; he was a felon,—who would give him work?
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 by Various
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 Downey, Edmund
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