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English word origin

Etymology of agonic

From a- + gonio- + -ic.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

Synonym of agonic line.

adj

Lacking an angle. · Having a magnetic deviation of zero. · Synonym of agonal.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From a- + gonio- + -ic.

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  • Word-formation componenta-en
  • Word-formation componentgonio-en
  • Word-formation component-icen
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Source etymology 2

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adj

Characterized by agony. · Of a mode of social interaction based on threats, displays of power, or inducements of anxiety. · Occurring shortly before death; agonal.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from French agonique (“possessing or filled with agony; agonous”), from agonie (“the moment just before death”) + -ique (suffix forming adjectives from nouns) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-kos (suffix forming adjectives denoting “the characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to”)). Agonie is ultimately derived from Ancient Greek ἀγωνίᾱ (agōníā, “agony, anguish”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”).

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