ague

[US]/ˈeɪɡjuː/
[UK]/ˈeɪɡjuː/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. malaria, shivering, chill.

Example Sentences

He was shivering with ague.

She was suffering from ague and fever.

The ague kept him in bed for days.

The ague struck suddenly.

Ague can be treated with medication.

The ague epidemic spread throughout the village.

She had frequent ague attacks.

Ague is characterized by recurring fever and chills.

The doctor diagnosed him with ague.

Ague was a common ailment in the past.

Real-world Examples

Heathcliff, having stared his son into an ague of confusion, uttered a scornful laugh.

Source: Wuthering Heights (abridged version)

" I think you have got the ague, " said I.

Source: Great Expectations (Original Version)

He was shivering as if with ague.

Source: The Gadfly (Original Version)

He was shivering with a kind of ague.

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray

" It must be something like the tertian ague, " he said.

Source: The Long Farewell (Part 1)

Peruvian bark was good at relieving ague symptoms, but really expensive, and he thought willow might work as a cheaper alternative.

Source: Scishow Selected Series

So, they did not know what could have caused their fever 'n' ague.

Source: The little cabin on the grassland.

Mrs. Scott said that all the settlers, up and down the creek, had fever 'n' ague.

Source: The little cabin on the grassland.

The horse was better now, but the bad night air so near the creek had given them fever 'n' ague.

Source: The little cabin on the grassland.

No one knew, in those days, that fever V ague was malaria, and that some mosquitoes give it to people when they bite them.

Source: The little cabin on the grassland.

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