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Webster 1913 Edition


Agog

A-gog′

,
Adj.
&
adv.
[Cf. F.
gogue
fun, perhaps of Celtic origin.]
In eager desire; eager; astir.
All
agog
to dash through thick and thin.
Cowper.

Webster 1828 Edition


Agog

AGOG'

, adv.
In a state of desire; highly excited by eagerness after an object.
The gaudy gossip when she's set agog.

Definition 2024


agog

agog

See also: -agog

English

Adjective

agog (comparative more agog, superlative most agog)

  1. In eager desire, eager, astir.
  2. (chiefly of eyes) Wide open.
    • 1860, John Greenleaf Whittier, “The Two-Headed Snake of Newbury”, in Home Ballads:
      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;
    • 1894, Ford Madox Ford, The queen who flew: a fairy tale‎, page 41:
      . . . 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.
    • 1940, Agatha Christie, Sad Cypress, page 9:
      People leaning forward, their lips parted a little, their eyes agog, staring at her, Elinor, with a horrible ghoulish excitement . . .
    • 1964, Ken Kesey, Sometimes a Great Notion, page 190:
      Joe shook his head in awe, eyes agog and mouth hanging open as mine once must have hung for the tales of the north woods' legendary denizens.

Synonyms

  • all agog, all a-gog

Translations

Adverb

agog (comparative more agog, superlative most agog)

  1. In a state of high anticipation, excitement, or interest.

Translations