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Definition of Aguish
1. Adjective. Affected by ague.
Definition of Aguish
1. a. Having the qualities of an ague; somewhat cold or shivering; chilly; shaky.
Definition of Aguish
1. Adjective. Characteristic of ague ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aguish
1. ague [adj] - See also: ague
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aguish
Literary usage of Aguish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Modern Voyager & Traveller Through Europe, Asia, Africa, & America by William Adams (1828)
"The stagnant waters near the villages, and the peeping vegetation, give the whole
scene a most aguish appearance, and, were it not for some inhabited spots, ..."
2. The Half-yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences: Being a Digest of British edited by William Harcourt Ranking, Charles Bland Radcliffe, William Dommett Stone (1857)
"Illustrations of the aguish Disorder prevalent in London during the last two or
three years. By Dr. C. HANDHELD JONES, Physician to St. Mary's Hospital. ..."
3. Lippincott's Medical dictionary: A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in by Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas (1906)
"A. tarée, another name for sassafras, given on account of its virtues as a febrifuge.
aguish (e'giu-tsh). Somewhat affected with or resembling ague. ..."
4. From the Thames to the Tamar: A Summer on the South Coast by Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange (1873)
"aguish DISTRICT—RUINS OP WINCHELSEA—WESLEY'S TREE ... A lady once told me that,
on her going to reside for a time in an aguish district in Lincolnshire, ..."
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