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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
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See also: -agog
English
Adjective
agog (comparative more agog, superlative most agog)
- In eager desire, eager, astir.
- (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;
- Cotton Mather came galloping down
- 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.
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Synonyms
- all agog, all a-gog
Translations
in eager desire
wide open
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Adverb
agog (comparative more agog, superlative most agog)
- In a state of high anticipation, excitement, or interest.
Translations
in a state of high anticipation
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