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Aguish

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a·gue  (gy)
n.
1. A febrile condition in which there are alternating periods of chills, fever, and sweating. Used chiefly in reference to the fevers associated with malaria.
2. A chill or fit of shivering.

[Middle English, from Old French (fievre) ague, sharp (fever), from Medieval Latin (febris) acta, from Latin, feminine of actus; see acute.]

agu·ish (gy-sh) adj.
agu·ish·ly adv.
agu·ish·ness n.
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Adj.1.Aguish - affected by agueaguish - affected by ague                    
ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"


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You've been lying out on the meshes, and they're dreadful aguish.
It was dark, and had a dirt floor for the most part, dank, clammy, and aguish, only here a board and there a board which would not bear removal.
 
 
 
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