agueproof

Resistant to the ague.

Adjective

  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,...
    • 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...

Origin

From ague + -proof.