Ague (noun) (archaic)
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Malaria or another illness involving fever and shivering.
Middle English via Old French from medieval Latin acuta (febris) ‘acute (fever)’.
Example sentences
“Although he diagnosed ague, we cannot confirm malaria.”
Boscage (noun) bos-kij a mass of trees or shrubs; wood, grove, or thicket. 1350–1400; Middle English boskage. Middle French boscage. (more…)
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