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agasp

adj

Etymology

From a- + gasp.

  1. derived from geispa — “to yawn”
  2. inherited from gaspen
  3. prefixed as agasp — “a + gasp”

Definitions

  1. In a state of gasping.

    • This dynamic of life and death is extended by the fact that Caravaggio often painted the same agasp expression in many of his living faces.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA