ague (redirected from agues)

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.

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

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agu·ish (gy-sh) adj.

agu·ish·ly adv.

agu·ish·ness n.

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ague [ˈeɪgjuː]

n

1. (Medicine) a fever with successive stages of fever and chills esp when caused by malaria

2. a fit of shivering

[from Old French (fievre) ague acute fever; see acute]

aguish  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ague - a fit of shivering or shaking         illness, sickness, unwellness, malady - impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
	2.	ague - successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria chills and fever malaria - an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease quartan - a malarial fever that recurs every fourth day
	3.	ague - a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation acute, acute accent accent mark, accent - a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation

Translations

ague (archaic) [ˈeɪgjuː] N → fiebre f intermitente

ague

n → Schüttelfrost m no art