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aeger

aeger adjective: absent and excused from one’s classes due to illness.

Adjective

aeger (not comparable)

  1. (dated, UK school slang) Absent and excused from one’s classes due to illness
  2. (dated, UK school slang) Relating to such an excused absence

Noun (1)

aeger (plural aegers)

  1. (dated, UK school slang) An excused absence from classes due to illness
  2. (dated, UK school slang) A note excusing a student from classes due to illness
    • Dick laughed. 'I'll get the receipt from him. I often want a good thing for an "æger."'1870 June 18, “The Nemesis”, in Chamber's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts, number 338, chapter 7, page 395

Noun (2)

aeger (plural aegers)

  1. (dated, local dialect) A particularly high tidal wave on some rivers, esp. the Trent

Forms of aeger

pluralaegers

Origin of aeger

From Latin aeger (“sick”).

Obscure, but probably Germanic. Compare eagre.

Questions about aeger

What does aeger mean?
Aeger means absent and excused from one’s classes due to illness.
What part of speech is aeger?
Aeger can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near aeger in the dictionary

  1. Aegeanness
  2. Aegeans
  3. Aegen
  4. Aegenwulf
  5. Aegeo-
  6. aeger
  7. aegeriid
  8. aegeriids
  9. aegerite
  10. aegerolysin
  11. aegerolysins

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