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a·gog

(ə-gŏg′)

adj.

Full of keen anticipation or excitement; eager.

[Middle English agogge, from Old French en gogue, in merriment : en, in (from Latin in; see in-²) + gogue, merriment.]

a·gog′ adv.

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agog

(əˈɡɒɡ)

adj

(postpositive) highly impatient, eager, or curious

[C15: perhaps from Old French en gogues in merriments, origin unknown]

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a•gog

(əˈgɒg)

adj.

highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, anticipation, etc.

[1535–45; Middle French en gogues in mirth]

-agog

var. of -agogue.

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Adj.

agog - highly excited

excited - in an aroused state

agog

adjective eager, excited, curious, enthusiastic, impatient, enthralled, avid, expectant, in suspense The city was agog with rumours last night.
indifferent, unconcerned, uninterested, apathetic, incurious

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agog

adjective

Intensely desirous or interested:

ardent, athirst, avid, bursting, eager, impatient, keen, solicitous, thirsting, thirsty.

Informal: raring.

Idioms: champing at the bit, ready and willing.

Translations

مُتَلَهِّف، مُحِب لِلأسْتِطْلاع

dychtivýnapjatý

forventningsfuldivrig

gespannt

curioso

curieux en émoi

fullur eftirvæntingar, óîur og uppvægur

ansioso

labai laukiantisnekantrus

iekarsisnepacietīgs

forventningsfull ivrig

plný očakávania

heyecan dolusabırsız

渴望着

agog

[əˈgɒg] ADJ the country was agog → el país estaba emocionadísimo
he was agog to hear the news → tenía enorme curiosidad por saber las noticias
to set agog → emocionar, crear gran curiosidad a

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agog

[əˈgɒg] adj → en émoi
agog to do sth → impatient(e) de faire qch
She arrived, agog to discover what had prevented him being there → Elle arriva très impatiente de découvrir ce qui l'avait retenu.

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agog

adj pred → gespannt; the children sat there agog with excitement → die Kinder sperrten Augen und Ohren auf; the whole village was agog (with curiosity) → das ganze Dorf platzte fast vor Neugierde; agog for news → wild nach Neuigkeiten; we’re all agog to hear your news → wir warten gespannt auf deine Nachrichten

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agog

[əˈgɒg] adj (all) agog (to hear sth) → ansioso/a or impaziente (di sentire qc)
agog with excitement → emozionato/a, eccitato/a

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agog

(əˈgog) adjective

eager and excited. We were all agog at the news.

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We were agog with excitement, all except Wolf Larsen, who was too evidently disappointed in that it was not his own boat with the two victims of his malice.

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Fouquet got into a carriage which the city had sent to him, we know not why or how, and he repaired to la Maison de Nantes , escorted by a vast crowd of people, who for several days had been agog with expectation of a convocation of the States.

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Her name was Hannah and her husband's Matthew; two homely names, yet well enough adapted to the simple pair, who seemed strangely out of place among the whimsical fraternity whose wits had been set agog by the Great Carbuncle.

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Her name was Hannah, and her husband's Matthew; two homely names, yet well enough adapted to the simple pair, who seemed strangely out of place among the whimsical fraternity whose wits had been set agog by the Great Carbuncle.

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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?

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A good summary of such work up to the year agog is contained in Titchener's "Lectures on the Experimental Psychology of the Thought Processes" (1909).

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But when a column of news was sent by telephone to The Boston Globe, the whole newspaper world was agog with excitement.

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I was now all agog to know our destination, nor was I kept many more minutes in doubt.

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Political circles in Hyderabad were agog with the talk of KCR's proposed meeting with the Prime Minister, linking it to early elections as the Chief Minister was keen to have Modi on board.

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In the first episode of the twoparter, Matt is agog to discover clips from the decade good taste forgot which feature dogs being given away on game shows, contestants smoking on prime-time quizzes and dialogue on hits such as Till Death Us Do Part which would cause an uproar today.

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New Delhi, June 21 ( ANI ): Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Saturday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi at her 10 Janpath residence in the backdop of rumour mills going agog over his imminent replacement.

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