Aguey

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    In the state of having a high fever accompanied by shaking or shivering.

    "One is jaundiced, aguey, feverish or out of sorts in some other way."

  2. 2
    Conditions associated with catching ague.

    "1876: Legislative Humors by the Hon. S. S. Cox in Harper's ...where our people inhale liberty in the air they breathe, unmingled with the malaria of States located in that aguey country along the beautiful Ohio."

Synonyms

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algidchillycoldcoolfrozenshaky

Example

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"One is jaundiced, aguey, feverish or out of sorts in some other way."

Etymology

From ague + -y.

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