ague
noun
ˈā-(ˌ)gyü 
1
: a fever (such as malaria) marked by paroxysms (see paroxysm sense 1) of chills, fever, and sweating that recur at regular intervals
2
: a fit of shivering
aguish
ˈā-ˌgyü-ish
adjective 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The fever and ague, diarrhea and dysentery had made dreadful havoc ... and the awful pictures of the tent town or encamping ground at Happy Valley are horrifying in the extreme. 
Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 29 May 2020 Now ague, biliousness, lumbago, Saint Vitus’s dance and dropsy. Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2019 The Bolt’s +200-mile range puts it beyond the nagging agues of range anxiety. Dan Neil, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2017
Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 29 May 2020 Now ague, biliousness, lumbago, Saint Vitus’s dance and dropsy. Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2019 The Bolt’s +200-mile range puts it beyond the nagging agues of range anxiety. Dan Neil, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2017 Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French ague, from Medieval Latin (febris) acuta, literally, sharp fever, from Latin, feminine of acutus sharp — more at acute
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
ague
noun
ˈā-(ˌ)gyü
1
: a fever (as malaria) marked by paroxysms of chills, fever, and sweating that recur at regular intervals
2
: a fit of shivering : chill
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