adjective
- resembling or characteristic of ague; marked by chills, fever, or shaking
Usage: literary or medical; often used to describe symptoms or sensations similar to those of ague (a fever with alternating chills and sweats)
Examples
- The patient experienced aguelike symptoms throughout the night.
- An aguelike tremor ran through his body as the fever took hold.
- She felt aguelike chills despite the warm room.
- The aguelike shaking made it difficult for him to hold the cup.
- His aguelike condition suggested a serious infection.