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Definition: Agog |
AgogAdjective1. Highly excited. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "agog" was first used: sometime around 1400. (references) |
Etymology: Agog \A*gog"\, adjective. adverb. [Compare to the French expression gogue fun, perhaps of Celtic origin.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Agog He is all agog, in nervous anxiety; on the qui vive, like a horse in clover. (French, à gogo, or vivre à gogo, to live in clover.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | AGOG, ALL-A-GOG. Anxious, eager, impatient: from the Italian AGOGARE, to desire eagerly. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Desire | Eager, avid, keen; burning, fervent, ardent; agog; all agog; breathless; impatient; (impetuous); bent on, intent on, set on, bent upon, intent upon, set upon; mad after, enrage, rabid, dying for, devoured by desire. |
Expectation | Adjective: expectant; expecting; Verb: in expectation; Noun: on the watch; (vigilant); open-eyed, open-mouthed, in wide-eyed anticipation; agape, gaping, all agog; on tenterhooks, on tiptoe, on the tiptoe of expectation; aux aguets; ready; curious; looking forward to. |
Wonder | Verb: wonder, marvel, admire; be surprised; Adjective: start; stare; open one's eyes, rub one's eyes, turn up one's eyes; gloar; gape, open one's mouth, hold one's breath; look aghast, stand aghast, stand agog; look blank; (disappointment); tombe des nues; not believe one's eyes, not believe one's ears, not believe one's senses. |
Adjective: surprised; Verb: aghast, all agog, breathless, agape; open-mouthed; awestruck, thunderstruck, moonstruck, planet-struck; spellbound; lost in amazement, lost in wonder, lost in astonishment; struck all of a heap, unable to believe one's senses, like a duck ion thunder. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Agog |
| Specialty definitions using "agog": ALL-A-GOG. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "agog": Gog. (references) |
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| "Agog" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Agog" is used about 30 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 30 | 63,341 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "agog": agog for news ♦ all agog ♦ be agog about ♦ be agog for ♦ set smb. agog. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
agog | 14 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "agog"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | nuuskierig (curious, inquisitive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i trazuar (boisterous, distempered, disturbed, flurried, haywire, lumpy, mixed, on edge, rough, troubled, troublous, tumultuous, turbid, turbulent, vexed), i etur (dry, eager, keen, parched, rapacious, ravenous, solicitous, thirsty, voracious, wistful), etur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | â€Ù…تشوق (anxious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | треÑкаво, треÑкав (aguey, aguish, febrile, fevered, feverish, hectic, pyretic, shivery), възбуден (aflutter, aglow, effervescent, excited, fevered, hectic, hot, impassioned, overwrought, tremulous, tumultuous, wrought up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | strašnì zvìdavý, posedlý (hooked, ridden), dychtivý (anxious, eager, expectant, keen), divý. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | nysgerrig (curious, inquisitive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | weetgierig (inquisitive), nieuwsgierig (curious, inquisitive, inquisitively), benieuwd (curious, inquisitive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | forvitin (curious, inquisitive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مشتاق (Anxious, Avid, Desirous, Eager, Earnest, Enthusiast, Enthusiastic, Fervid, Fond, Hippie, Hungry, Keen, Perfervid, Raring, Solicitous, Studious, Thirsty, Wilful, Wishful, Wistful), نگران (Agaze, Solicitous), درØرکت (Afloat, Astir, Underway), درجنبش (Astir), بیقرار (Fidgety, Hectic, Restive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | anxieux, impatient, curieux. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | gespannt (anxious, anxiously, close, curious, eager, eagerly, fancy, inquisitive, rapt, strained, taut, tautly, tense, tensely, tensly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γεμάτοσ Îξαψη, ανυπόμονοσ (anxious, eager, impatient). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | בציפי×". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | várakozva, várakozóan, vágyakozó (longing, thirsty, wishful, wistful), kiváncsi (inquisitive), kÃváncsi (curious, have itching ears, inquisitive, nosey, nosy), izgatott (ablaze, be irritated, be on edge, delirious, excited, fazed, flurried, flustered, hectic, jumpy, ruffled, to be all of a sweat, to be flurried, to be in a fever, to be in a fry, to be in a sweat, to be keyed up, to be on edge, to feel nervous, to get into a flap, tumultuous, wrought up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | sangat ingin, gemar akan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | curioso (curious, inquiring, inquisitive, inquisitorial, nosey, nosy, peculiar, pry, quaint, queer, rummy, sightseeing, snoopy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lane yindys (wonder-struck). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | niuskir (inquisitive), kaweta (curious, inquisitive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | agogay zaciekawiony (curious, inquisitive). (various references) curioso (amateur, curious, droll, fancier, inquiry, inquisitive, novel, odd, strange). (various references) agitat (agitated, angry, billowy, choppy, excited, excitedly, fevered, feverish, fractious, fretful, fussy, hectic, irritated, nervous, restless, snappish, tempestuous, unsettled), nerãbdãtor (anxious, eager, greedy, impatient, impatiently, petulant, solicitous), dornic (anxious, desirous, eager, greedy, wishful), curios (curiosity-monger, curious, inquisitive, meddler, odd, particular, paul pry, peculiar, prying, queer, quidnunc, rare, rum, strange, uncommon), în aşteptare. (various references) возбужденный (ablaze, agitated, aglow, astir, excited, exhilarating, feverish, heated, hectic, het up, narked, overwrought, revved up). (various references) uzbuđeno, uzbuđen (annoyed, astir, excited, overwrought, wrought up), nestrpljivo, nestrpljiv (aggressive, impatient). (various references) curioso (curious, inquisitive, inquisitorial, interested, intriguing, nosey, prying, quizzical, snooping, snoopy, staring), ansiosamente (anxiously, hungrily, yearningly). (various references) ivrig (anxious, ardent, avid, desirous, diligent, dying, eager, earnest, fervent, fervid, great, keen, strenuous, strong, urgent, warm, willing, wisful, zealous). (various references) arzulu (ambitious, athirst for, avid, desirous, longing, prurient, solicitous, wishful, wistful, yearning), sabırsızlıkla, sabırsız (eager, impatient, on edge, rash, restive, solicitous), istekli (ambitious, anxious, applicant, aspirant, athirst for, cheerful, covetous, dead set, desirous, devout, disposed, eager, enthusiastic, forward, full of zeal, hellbent, inclinable, inclined, intense, intent, itching, itchy, keen, minded, ready, solicitous, strong, thirsty, voracious, willing, wishful, wistful), heyecanlı (agitated, aglow, astir, crazed, declamatory, dramatic, emotional, excitable, excited, exciting, febrile, feverish, glowing, gone, gripping, happy, heated, hectic, het up, hot, impassioned, in a lather, inspired, nail biting, rhapsodic, rhapsodical, spirited, stormy, thrilling, tiptoe, vibrant, warm, wrought up, zealous), heyecanla (emotionally, excitedly, heatedly, on tiptoe, tiptoe), can atarak (eagerly, readily, willingly), can atan (all agog, anxious, aspiring, enthusiastic, mad about, raring). (various references) у збудженні. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old French | 900-1400 | en gogues. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "agog": demagog, hemagog, hydragog, mystagog, pedagog, synagog. (additional references) | |
Words containing "agog": anagoge, anagoges, anagogic, anagogical, anagogically, anagogies, anagogy, apagoge, apagoges, apagogic, demagoged, demagogic, demagogically, demagogies, demagoging, demagogs, demagogue, demagogued, demagogueries, demagoguery, demagogues, demagoguing, demagogy, emmenagogue, emmenagogues, hemagogs, hydragogs, hypnagogic, isagoge, isagoges, isagogic, isagogics, mystagogies, mystagogs, mystagogue, mystagogues, mystagogy, paragoge, paragoges, pedagogic, pedagogical, pedagogically, pedagogics, pedagogies, pedagogs, pedagogue, pedagogues, pedagogy, secretagogue, secretagogues, sialagogue, sialagogues, synagogal, synagogs, synagogue, synagogues. (additional references) | |
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"Agog" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abog, acog, Afgoi, afog, agag, agao, Agcg, agg, aggghh, aggot, agod, agoe, agogic, Agogo, a'gogo, agogs, agong, agoo, agood, agop, agor, agos, agot, agow, agox, agu, agum, ahog, ajag, alog, amog, anog, aog, Argov, arog, aroge, atog, azog, gaug, magog, Magugu, narog, Padgug, Pagoaga. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-g-o" | |
-1 letter: ago, gag, goa. | |
-2 letters: ag, go. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-g-o" | |
+1 letter: aggro. | |
+2 letters: aggros, faggot, galago, gobang, loggia, maggot, waggon. | |
+3 letters: agelong, anagoge, anagogy, apagoge, demagog, faggots, faggoty, foggage, galagos, gamboge, gaoling, gigaton, goading, goaling, gobangs, grogram, hangdog, hemagog, isagoge, loggats, loggias, maggots, maggoty, pedagog, synagog, waggons. | |
+4 letters: agiotage, agrology, algology, anagoges, anagogic, apagoges, apagogic, arpeggio, congaing, demagogs, demagogy, faggoted, faggotry, fagoting, foggages, foraging, galoping, gamboges, ganglion, gangplow, gargoyle, garoting, gasogene, gazogene, geophagy, gigaflop, gigatons, gloaming, gloating, glucagon, golgotha, groaning, grograms, haggadot, hangdogs, hemagogs, homaging, hydragog, isagoges, isagogic, logogram, lollygag, mahjongg, mortgage, mystagog, paragoge, pedagogs, pedagogy, roughage, seagoing, synagogs, tagalong, tangoing, toboggan, voyaging, waggoned, waggoner, wagonage, wagoning, waygoing. | |
+5 letters: aggressor, agiotages, agonising, agonizing, anagogies, angiogram, arpeggios, collaging, demagoged, demagogic, demagogue, dialoging, dogearing, dognaping, easygoing, ergograph, faggoting, fagotings, gallonage, galloping, gamboling, gammoning, ganglions, gangplows, gargoyled, gargoyles, garotting, garroting, gasogenes, gavotting, gazogenes, genealogy, geography, gheraoing, gigaflops, gloamings, glucagons, golgothas, gorgonian, grosgrain, haggadoth, hagiology, hydragogs, isagogics, jargoning, logograms, logograph, lollygags, mahjonggs, montaging, mortgaged, mortgagee, mortgager, mortgages, mortgagor, mystagogs, mystagogy, outraging, paragoges, pedagogic, pedagogue, portaging, ragouting, roughages, synagogal, synagogue, tagalongs, toboggans, waggoners, waggoning, wagonages, waygoings. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 67 6F 67 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100111 01101111 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A g o g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0067 006F 0067 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35738173 |
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