agin

See also: Agin

English

Etymology

From Scots agin, variant form of again (“against”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈɡɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɪn
• Hyphenation: a‧gin

Adverb

agin (not comparable)

1. (colloquial or now often humorous) Alternative form of again
   • 1859, Charles Dickens, “A Tale of Two Cities”, in All the Year Round, volume 1, page 98:

     At which juncture, he exclaimed, in a voice of dire exasperation : “Bust me, if she ain't at it agin !”

Preposition

agin

1. (dialectal, colloquial, or now often humorous) Alternative form of against
   • 1859, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 19, page 278:

     [The Court] said: "Young man, this ere Court is satisfied that there ain't nothin' in the laws of Vermont agin tippin' over a churn full of sap. […] But I want ye should remember one thing—that this ere Court has made up his mind that it's a very naughty trick, and it's a shame that there's so many maple-trees in the State, and no law agin tippin' over sap."

   • 1876, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, page 228:

     when I got to that old shackly brick store by the Temperance Tavern, I backed up agin the wall to have another think.

   • 1960 September 22, Walt Kelly, Pogo, comic strip, →ISBN, page 183:

     [Howland Owl:] Boy! There's prejudice for you... I got a pure, pristine boy here an' you're agin him.
     [Porky Pine:] I ain't AGIN him... I jus' ain't FOR him...

Derived terms

• aginner

 

Anagrams

• Agni, Angi, Gain, Gina, NGIA, Nagi, Ngai, a- -ing, gain, gain-, gina, inga

Scots

Adverb

agin (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of again

References

• “agin, adv., prep., conj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.