algor
(ˈælgə(r))
[a. L. algor cold, cognate with algē-re to be cold. Cf. humor, vigor, terror, etc.]
Cold, chilliness; especially that experienced in the onset of fever.
| c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. xi. 55 For over colde doo douves dounge at eve Aboute her roote, algour away to dryve. 1656 in Blount Glossogr. 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp., Algor is used to denote a preternatural coldness or chilness in a part. 1879 Syd. Soc. Lex., Algor, the sense of coldness experienced in the onset of fever; chilliness, rigor. |