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aguish, a.|ˈeɪgjuːɪʃ|
[f. ague n. + -ish.]
1. Of the nature or character of an ague.
1665–9Boyle Occas. Refl. Contents, The immoderate Heat and Cold of the Aguish Fit. 1753Hanway Trav. (1762) I. iii. xxvi. 110 The dews here fall heavy; and the heat of the sun..is productive of colds and aguish pains. 1856Miss Muloch John Halifax 170 It was a low agueish fever.
2. Having a tendency to produce ague.
1627Speed Eng. etc. Abridged xv. §4 The ayre is temperate and pleasant, onely towards the waters somewhat aguish. 1771Smollett Humph. Cl. (1815) 106 The nocturnal rheums of an aguish climate. 1850Lyell 2nd Visit to U.S. II. 54 A rich aguish flat, bordering the Missouri.
3. Subject to ague.
1616Surfl. & Markh. Countrey Farme 191 There is nothing better..for leane agueish persons, than the vse of the pulpe of Gourds. 1672Davenant Love & Hon. (1673) 241 Which left me feeble as an aguish Girl. 1824Byron Juan xvi. lxxxiii, But both were thrown away amongst the fens; For wit hath no great friend in aguish folks.
4. fig. Resembling an ague, in shakiness or intermittency;
a. quaking, shivering, shaky;
b. coming by fits and starts.
1633Fletcher Purple Isl. viii. xxxi, A weak distrustfull heart is vertues aguish spell. 1638Cowley Love's Riddle iv. (1711) III. 119 The aguish Head of every Tree by æolus Was rock'd asleep, and shook as if it nodded. a1674Clarendon Hist. Reb. III. xi. 202 So aguish and fantastical a thing is the Conscience of Men who have once departed from the Rule of Conscience. 1865Pall Mall G. 24 Apr. 4 Their panics are of the aguish or intermittent type. |