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.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
