agueproof

English

Etymology

ague +‎ -proof

Adjective

agueproof (not comparable)

  1. Resistant to the ague.
    • 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, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vi]:
      Go to, they are not men o' their words: they told me I was every thing; 'tis a lie; I am not agueproof.
    • 2002, Patrick Campbell, Adrian Kear, Psychoanalysis and Performance:
      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.
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