aguish

[ ey-gyoo-ish ]

adjective

1. producing, resembling, or resulting from ague.
2. easily affected by or subject to fits of ague.
3. shaking; quivering.

Other Words From

• agu·ish·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of aguish¹

First recorded in 1610–20; ague + -ish ¹( def )

Example Sentences

Every man nudged his neighbor, and the aguish, blue-eyed boy grinned in a ghastly, self-satisfied way.

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I went to dine at Lady Masham's to-day, and she was taken ill of a sore throat, and aguish.

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Then 'gan abate The storm, and through chill aguish gloom outburst The comfortable sun.

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Aguish heats breede flushings, & are more seen in the face, then natural warmth at the heart.

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This points to their having been part of that strange aguish epidemic of which an account is given in another chapter.

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