ague
An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fitsAn intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
» Calvin had become a chronic sufferer from ague and catarrh.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
Wechselfieber
лихора́дкаlixorádka
лихома́нкаlyxománka, пропа́сницяpropásnycja, тря́сцяtrjáscja
(countable, uncountable)The cold fit or rigor of an intermittent fever.
fever and ague
(countable, uncountable)A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.
November 23, 1698, John Dryden, letter to Mrs Stewart I ’scap’d with one cold fit of an ague
Schüttelfrost
озно́бoznób
ознобoznob, остудаostuda
a fit of shivering or shaking
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)An acute fever.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Malaria.
successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria
Examples
1 sentencesCalvin had become a chronic sufferer from ague and catarrh.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English agu, ague, borrowed from Middle French (fievre) aguë, “acute (fever)”From Middle English agu, ague, borrowed from Middle French (fievre) aguë, “acute (fever)” (Modern French fièvre aiguë), from Late Latin (febris) acuta (“acute fever”), from Latin acūtus (“sharp, acute”) + febris (“fever”).
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Forms
plural: aguesSynonyms
3 synonyms- successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria:chills and fever
- a mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation:acute accentacute
Word family
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