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November 15, 2009

Word of the Day

Filed under: Word of the Day — paulineking @ 1:57 pm
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agog–/uh-GOG/,adjective;

1.
Full of excitement or interest; in eager desire; eager, keen.

Quotes:
Kobe Bryant left the Minnesota Timberwolves agog after a series of eye-popping moves in a game last week.
New York Times, February 5, 1998
He was now so interested, quite so privately agog, about it, that he had already an eye to the fun it would be to open up to her afterwards.
– Henry James, The Ambassadors
By the second day he had found his sea-legs, and with hair flying and double-waistcoats flapping, he patrolled the deck agog with excitement, questioning and noting.
– Richard Holmes, Coleridge: Darker Reflections, 1804-1834
Origin:
Agog derives from Middle French en gogues, “in mirth; lively.”

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