ague

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

fever

🤒

malaria

chill

acute

acute accent

chills and fever

shakes

shivering

swamp fever

trembling

common cold

intermittent fever

shiver

shaking

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈeɪ.ɡju/

Etymology

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.