ague

Senso (Inglese)

Verb

To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.

Noun

1. (obsolete) An acute fever.
2. An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
3. The cold fit or rigor of an intermittent fever.
4. A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.
5. (obsolete) Malaria.

Sinonimi

fever

🤒

malaria

chill

acute

acute accent

chills and fever

shakes

shivering

swamp fever

trembling

common cold

intermittent fever

shiver

shaking

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈeɪ.ɡju/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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”).
Doublet of acute.