[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.
