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Word entry · 4 letters

agog

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"Eagerly excited"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /əˈɡɑɡ/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aggoStarts with AEnds with G1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, etc.

Word origin

From Middle English agogge, from Old French en + gogues (“in a merry mood”). See also Italian agognare (“to desire eagerly”).

Used in a sentence

  • Everyone’s agog at the new twist to the royal scandal.
  • Cotton Mather came galloping down All the way to Newbury town, With his eyes agog and his ears set wide, And his marvellous inkhorn at his side;
  • . . . and did not move even when the frogs crept out of the water and listened, with their gold-rimmed eyes all agog, and their yellow throats palpitating.

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