ail
/eɪl
/verb [with object] archaic
Trouble or afflict (someone) in mind or body: exercise is good for whatever ails one...
- A doctor who specializes in sports medicine, however, would give you an answer more tailored to your fitness level and whatever ails you.
- Her back is strong, so you can go to her to shoulder the angst of whatever ails you.
- Coffee has been a comfort, an instigator, and a cure for whatever ails you for hundreds of years.
Origin
Old English eglian, eglan, from egle 'troublesome', of Germanic origin; related to Gothic agls 'disgraceful'.
Rhymes
- privy councillorship
- Privy Councilship
- privy counsellor
- privy counsellorship
- privy house
- privy member
- privy parts
- privy place
- privy purse
- privy seal
- privy stool
- privy tithe
- privy verdict
- Prix de Rome
- prix fixe
- Prix Goncourt
- prizable
- prize
- prizeable
- prize agency
- prize agent
- prize book
- prize court
- prize crew
- prize fellow