agap

Adjective

agape (comparative more agape, superlative most agape)

1. In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention; as with mouth hanging open.
   • […] in himself was all his state,
     More solemn then the tedious pomp that waits
     On Princes, when thir rich Retinue long
     Of Horses led, and Grooms besmeard with Gold
     Dazles the croud, and sets them all agape.1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, London, Book 5, lines 353-357

   Synonyms:

   open-mouthed, dumbstruck, wide-eyed, agog, catching flies

2. Wide open.
   • With his mouth agape and his hands clenched, Rufus Dawes, incapable of further speech, made a last effort to nod assent, but his head fell upon his breast; the next moment, the flickering light, the gloomy prison, the eager face of the doctor, and the astonished face of Vickers, vanished from...1874, Marcus Clarke, chapter VIII, in For the Term of His Natural Life

   Synonyms:

   agog, catching flies

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