ague
English
/ˈeɪ.ɡju/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) An acute fever.
- (pathology) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
- The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever
- A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.
- (obsolete) Malaria.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English agu derived from Latin acūtus (sharp, acute).
Origin
Latin
acūtus
Gloss
sharp, acute
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
鋭
Emoji
🪒
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aguelike English
- agueproof English
- agueweed English
- aguey English
- aguish English
- aguishly English
- aguishness English
- weed English
- *acutiāre Latin
- *acūtiāre Latin
- Acutius Latin
- acutiflorus Latin
- acūtus Latin
- Akut German
- acuto Italian
- acuut Dutch, Flemish
- acut French
- acutangle French
- agudo Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- agu Middle English
- agu Old French
- agut Catalan, Valencian
- acuit Old Irish
- agudo Old Portuguese
- agut Occitan
- ague Scots
- acûto Ligurian
- agùsso Ligurian