ague

[ey-gyoo] /ˈeɪ gyu/
noun
1.
Pathology. a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits.
2.
a fit of fever or shivering or shaking chills, accompanied by malaise, pains in the bones and joints, etc.; chill.
Origin
1250-1300; Middle English < Middle French, short for fievre ague acute fever < Latin febris acūta
Related forms
aguelike, adjective
Examples from the web for ague
  • Malaria was originally called ague or marsh fever because it emanated from warm-weather swamps.
British Dictionary definitions for ague

ague

/ˈeɪɡjuː/
noun
1.
a fever with successive stages of fever and chills esp when caused by malaria
2.
a fit of shivering
Derived Forms
aguish, adjective
Word Origin
C14: from Old French (fievre) ague acute fever; see acute
Word Origin and History for ague
n.

"malarial fever," c.1300, from Old French ague "an acute fever," from Medieval Latin (febris) acuta "sharp (fever)," fem. of acutus "sharp" (see acute).

ague in Medicine

ague a·gue (ā'gyōō)
n.

  1. A febrile condition, especially associated with malaria, characterized by alternating periods of chills, fever, and sweating.

  2. A chill or fit of shivering.

ague in the Bible

the translation in Lev. 26:16 (R.V., "fever") of the Hebrew word kaddah'ath, meaning "kindling", i.e., an inflammatory or burning fever. In Deut. 28:22 the word is rendered "fever."