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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Full of keen anticipation or excitement; eager.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. In a state of eager desire; highly excited by eagerness or curiosity; astir.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. In eager desire, eager, astir.
  2. adj. Wide open.
  3. adv. In a state of high anticipation, excitement, or interest.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. In eager desire; eager; astir.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. highly excited

Etymologies

  1. From Middle English, from Old French, en + gogues "in a merry mood". See also the Italian agognare ("to desire eagerly") (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English agogge, from Old French en gogue, in merriment : en, in (from Latin in; see in-2) + gogue, merriment. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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