Meaning & use
ague
An old-fashioned term for a fever, especially malaria, marked by alternating chills and sweating.
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In the swampy lowlands, many settlers suffered from ague every summer.
The old diary described his father's death from a persistent ague.
A note on using this word
Ague is archaic and now appears mainly in historical fiction or older texts, rather than in modern medical speech.
Words with a similar meaning
fevermalaria
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