Agog

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /əˈɡɒɡ/
• Rhymes: -É’É¡

Origin

From Middle English, from Old French, en + gogues "in a merry mood". See also the Italian agognare ("to desire eagerly")

Full definition of agog

Adjective

1. In eager desire, eager, astir.
2. (chiefly of eyes) Wide open.
• 1860, w, Home Ballads Chapter The Two-Headed Snake of Newbury, 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;
• 1894, w, The queen who flew: a fairy tale‎, . . . 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, w:Agatha Christie, w, People leaning forward, their lips parted a little, their eyes agog, staring at her, Elinor, with a horrible ghoulish excitement . . .
• 1964, w:Ken Kesey, w, 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.

Synonyms

• all agog, all a-gog

Adverb

1. In a state of high anticipation, excitement, or interest.