ague

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === enPR: āʹgyo͞o, IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.ɡju/ === Noun === ague (countable and uncountable, plural agues) (obsolete) An acute fever. (pathology) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits. The cold fit or rigor of an intermittent fever. A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold. November 23, 1698, John Dryden, letter to Mrs Stewart I ’scap’d with one cold fit of an ague (obsolete) Malaria. ==== Usage notes ==== The pronunciation /ˈeɪɡ/ is a common pronunciation by people to whom this is a book word (a word one learns by reading and has never heard spoken). /ˈeɪ.ɡju/ is the standard pronunciation. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== acute ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== fainaigue === Verb === ague (third-person singular simple present agues, present participle aguing, simple past and past participle agued) (transitive) To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === gaue == Mbya Guarani == === Noun === ague feather fur ==== Possessed forms ==== == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Verb === ague inflection of aguar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Scots == === Etymology === From Middle English agu, ague, from Middle French (fievre) aguë (“acute (fever)”). Cognate with English ague. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈɡ(j)u/, /eˈɡ(j)u/ === Noun === ague (plural agues) ague (acute fever) === References === Eagle, Andy, editor (2026), “ague”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎[1]