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agueproof

agueproof adjective: resistant to the ague.

Adjective

agueproof (not comparable)

  1. Resistant to the ague.
    • Go to, they are not men o' their words: they told me I was every thing; 'tis a lie; I am not agueproof.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
    • The infant voice spoken of by Rosolato believes that it is everything, and can swallow down the world, but testifies in its suffering that it is not agueproof.2002, Patrick Campbell, Adrian Kear, Psychoanalysis and Performance

Origin of agueproof

From ague + -proof.

Questions about agueproof

What does agueproof mean?
Agueproof means resistant to the ague.
What part of speech is agueproof?
Agueproof is an adjective.

Words near agueproof in the dictionary

  1. Agudong
  2. ague
  3. agued
  4. Agueda
  5. aguelike
  6. agueproof
  7. Aguero
  8. Agueros
  9. aguerried
  10. agues
  11. agueweed

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