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4 lettersPronunciation /ˈeɪ.ɡju/Part of speech nounSorted aeguStarts with AEnds with E0 clues
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Word origin

From Middle English agu, ague, borrowed from Middle French (fievre) aguë, “acute (fever)” (Modern French fièvre aiguë), from Late Latin (febris) acuta (“acute fever”), from Latin acūtus (“sharp, acute”) + febris (“fever”).

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  • He had to capture some character and get out of that rest room before his ague got so bad that the sergeant had to carry him to and from the booth every day.
  • ’Twere hard to say who fared the best: Sad mortals! thus the Gods still plague you! He lost his labour, I my jest: For he was drowned, and I’ve the ague
  • fever and ague

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