ague
pronunciation
How to pronounce ague in British English:
UK [ˈeɪgju:]
How to pronounce ague in American English:
US ['eɪɡju]
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- Noun:
- a fit of shivering
- successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria
- a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
Word Origin
- ague
- ague: [14] In its origins, ague is the same word as acute. It comes from the Latin phrase febris acuta ‘sharp fever’ (which found its way into Middle English as fever agu). In the Middle Ages the Latin adjective acuta came to be used on its own as a noun meaning ‘fever’; this became aguē in medieval French, from which it was borrowed into English. From the end of the 14th century ague was used for ‘malaria’ (the word malaria itself did not enter the language until the mid 18th century).=> acute
- ague (n.)
- "malarial fever," c. 1300, from Old French ague "acute fever," from Medieval Latin (febris) acuta "sharp (fever)," with fem. of acutus "sharp" (see acute).
Example
- 1. Did you ague with the victim ?
- 2. He shivered as with an ague .
- 3. Does this seem to ague a too shrewd , calm and sensible attitude on the part of the ordinary newspaper reader ?
- 4. In the meantime we also ague that since the exchange rate has double roles and dual characters in modern time all the existed theories of exchange rate can only explain partially that how the exchange rate is determined .
- 5. I also will do this unto you ; I will even appoint over you terror , consumption , and the burning ague , that shall consume the eyes , and cause sorrow of heart : and ye shall sow your seed in vain , for your enemies shall eat it .