agog
/əˈɡɑɡ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.11 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
In a state of eager desire; full of anticipation; highly excited with curiosity.
adv
In an astonished or excited manner.
Example Sentences
- "all agog"
- "Everyone’s agog at the new twist to the royal scandal."
- "By that time not only the Australian press and public but also the Federal Government was agog with speculation as fresh UFO reports flowed in."
- "Keen was the frost and crisp the snow over our world; and we young fry of the King households were all agog to enjoy life—for was it not Saturday, and were we not left all alone to keep house?"
- "Whenever they managed to steal a peak at what he was doing, the other girls were agog that he loved me so much."
- "Ever since the Labour government revived the new towns programme in July 2024, […]announcing its mandate to build 1.5mn homes by 2029, the UK's real estate industry has been agog to see how exactly it plans to do this."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: agogge, en
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈɡɑɡ/
- British English: /əˈɡɒɡ/
Inflected Forms
more agog (comparative)
most agog (superlative)