ague

Plural: agues

Noun

A fever, like malaria, involving shivering and sweating.
a fit of shivering or shaking
successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria
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An acute fever.
An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
The cold fit or rigor of an intermittent fever.
A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.
Malaria.

Verb

To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.

Examples

fever and ague
He had a fit of ague after I played a word he’d never seen before.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English agu, ague, borrowed from Middle French (fievre) aguë, “acute (fever)” (Modern French fièvre aiguë), from Late Latin (febris) acuta (“acute fever”), from Latin acūtus (“sharp, acute”) + febris (“fever”).
Doublet of acute.

Synonyms

acute, acute accent, chills and fever

Scrabble Score: 5

ague: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
ague: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ague: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

ague: valid Words With Friends Word