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agenbite

/əˈɡɛnbʌɪt/

agenbite noun: remorse, ayenbite.

Noun

agenbite (uncountable)

  1. (often purposely archaic) Remorse, ayenbite.
    • Speaking to me. They wash and tub and scrub. Agenbite of inwit. Conscience.1922 February 2, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC
    • A special property of all social extensions of the body is that they return to plague the inventors in a kind of agenbite of outwit.'1998, Marshall McLuhan, The Agenbite of Outwit

Examples of agenbite in a sentence

  • But more to the point here, the agenbite is, if not a Jewish condition, then more pervasive among Jews than any other group, by a wide margin.2008, David Koffler, How Jewy Should We Want Our Presidents To Be?:
  • […]habitude of writers challenged by the affliction of an over-agenbite and inwit to match.2005, James Rother, A Review of An Lauterbach:

Forms of agenbite

alternative formagainbite
alternative formgainbite

Origin of agenbite

Learned borrowing from Middle English ayenbite, reflecting Old English agēn (“again, eft, back”).

Questions about agenbite

What does agenbite mean?
Agenbite means remorse, ayenbite.
How do you use agenbite in a sentence?
But more to the point here, the agenbite is, if not a Jewish condition, then more pervasive among Jews than any other group, by a wide margin.
What part of speech is agenbite?
Agenbite is a noun.
How do you pronounce agenbite?
Agenbite is pronounced /əˈɡɛnbʌɪt/.

Words near agenbite in the dictionary

  1. agemate
  2. agemates
  3. agen
  4. Agena
  5. Agenais
  6. agenbite
  7. agencement
  8. agencies
  9. agencification
  10. agency
  11. agency credit memo

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