Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention. · Open wide.
In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention; as with mouth hanging open. · Wide open.
From a- + gape. First known use by John Milton in Paradise Lost (1667).
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