agape
Part of speech: adj
adv
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: Christianity
Etymology: From a- + gape. First known use by John Milton in Paradise Lost (1667).
Base: gape
Affixes: a-
Inflected forms:
form: more agape
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most agape
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: more agape
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most agape
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: agapae
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: agapai
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention; as with mouth hanging open.
pos: adj
examples: […] 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.
There I stand, agape like any country bumpkin
That's all well and good; one can sit, agape, reading the copious liner notes to this or any Explorer record, but it's what's inside the jacket that counts.
The restaurant staff and OTHER DINNER GUESTS watch, agape.
gloss: Wide open.
pos: adj
examples: 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 before his straining eyes.
He tries not to tear his victim's stockings, or whip too close to her stretched vulva, which shivers, unprotected, between thighs agape and straining, amid movements of muscle erotic, subdued, “monumental” as any silver memory of her body on film.
In the last frame, he throws back his head and wails, his mouth agape.
With dropped jaws and eyes agape, a world beholds the blur of Michael Johnson
If the slightly agape mouth is closed prior to mouth opening, this is termed the preparatory phase and is more common in suction-feeding bony fishes than elasmobranchs.
Mouths were agape on the announcement of England’s starting lineup, the return of Keira Walsh appearing miraculous 10 days after she left the pitch on a stretcher in agony.
gloss: In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention.
pos: adv
examples: Three of us--two biologists and I--were crouched behind a huge boulder at the water's edge and staring agape as the largest bear I ever saw came toward us
"This is Sammy 91," he told the two dozen tourists watching agape."
One features a science teacher looking agape at the camera which has caught him reading red-handed.
gloss: Open wide.
pos: adv
examples: Its mouth yawned agape
The bathroom door stood agape, and the peeling vinyl floor was bare.
He glanced up into Richard's eyes, his own wide with wonder, his mouth hanging agape.
gloss: The love of God for mankind, or the benevolent love of Christians for others.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Spiritual, altruistic, beneficial love which wills good for others.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A love feast, especially one held in the early Christian Church in connection with the Eucharist.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Derived words: agapeic
agapeist
agapeistic
agapism
agapist
agapistic
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