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单词 aguey
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agueyadj.

Brit. /ˈeɪɡjuːi/, U.S. /ˈeɪˌɡjui/
Forms: 1600s aguie, 1600s– aguey.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ague n., -y suffix1.
Etymology: < ague n. + -y suffix1. Compare earlier aguish adj.
Now historical or somewhat archaic.
= aguish adj. (in various senses).
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1612 Mr. King tr. Benvenuto Passenger i. ii. 121 It is an aguie, grosse, hard, stincking and dry flesh, of bad nourishment, and is neuer well rosted by the fire.
1641 T. Killigrew Prisoners i. v, in Prisoners & Claracilla sig. B11 I have no such Aguie [1664 aguey] courage, Nor comes mine honour so by fits.
1762 C. Bisset Ess. Med. Constit. Great Brit. 39 The vapours from low aguey ground.
1814 Analectic Mag. Oct. 323 A little, spare, aguey, peevish, supper-eating fellow.
1847 J. Thorne Rambles by Rivers: Thames I. iv. 42 The village of Standlake..is a dull, swampy, sloppy, aguey place.
1891 A. Macalpine Man's Conscience iv. 48 For the Lor's sake don't go and get aguey of all things!
a1963 S. Plath Johnny Panic & Bible of Dreams (1977) i. 139 My children will grow up resolute,..fighting through queues for candles for me in my aguey old age.
2003 E. White Fanny (2004) xiii. 178 When I awakened I was hungry and aguey.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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