Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aguey

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: aguey
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

adj

Conditions associated with catching ague.

Example Sentences

"One is jaundiced, aguey, feverish or out of sorts in some other way."
"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."
"This was the first long, dreary, rainy, aguey, summer and wet, nasty, bitter winter my parents had ever known."

Etymology

From ague + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ague

Inflected Forms

more aguey (comparative) most aguey (superlative)

Questions

What does aguey mean?: In the state of having a high fever accompanied by shaking or shivering.
Where does aguey come from?: From ague + -y.

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