agog means in eager desire, eager, astir. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.
Why this word is great
AGOG — [Adjective] In a state of eager excitement, curiosity, or anticipatory wonder. From Middle English agogge, from the Old French phrase en gogues ("in a merry mood, in jest"). Unlike "eager," which suggests an earnest, internal desire, or "astonished," which connotes the shock of the already-revealed, "agog" is the visible, wide-eyed hunger for the revelation itself. It is the child’s face pressed against a frosty bakery window, the collective hush of a crowd just as the curtain begins to rise, and the forward hunch of a town awaiting the first flutter of sail on the horizon—a delicious, communal dilation of time where everything is still possible, and the heart beats faster for it.
adj
- In eager desire, eager, astir.“Everyone’s agog at the new twist to the royal scandal.”
- Wide open.“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;”
adv
- In a state of high anticipation, excitement, or interest.“Whenever they managed to steal a peak at what he was doing, the other girls were agog that he loved me so much.”