ague
Speech parts
1. ague - Noun
2. ague - Verb
Meaning
An acute fever.
An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, fever and ague.
To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
acute
acute accent
chills and fever
frost
black death
thrush
disease
glaciation
necrosis
plasmodium
malarial
seasickness
ringworm
erysipelas
rubella
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The term malaria originates from Medieval Italian mala aria main—" bad air " the disease was formerly called ague or marsh fever due to its association with swamps and marshland. citation The term first appeared in the English literature about 1829.
"At this hour my ague comes upon me.