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.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
