an irregular form of malarial fever (ague) lacking the typically symptomatic chill
dumb ague in American English
noun
Pathology
an irregular form of intermittent malarial fever, lacking the usual chill
Word origin
[1780–90]This word is first recorded in the period 1780–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: carbon, dynamics, fluff, rosette, vampire bat