释义 |
‖ æger, a.|ˈiːdʒə(r)| [L., = sick.] The L. word for ‘sick,’ used at the Eng. universities in excusing absence on account of illness; hence, a note certifying that a student is ‘æger’ or sick.
1865Cornh. Mag. Feb. 227 A very common method of escaping the tedium of this duty..is ‘to send in an æger;’ in other words, to improvise an attack of illness. |