agoggle

English

Etymology

a- +‎ goggle

Adjective

agoggle (comparative more agoggle, superlative most agoggle)

1. Goggling: (of a person or face) staring with wide eyes; (of eyes) opened wide to stare.
   • 1859, J. Stanyan Bigg, “Urban, the Monk”, in Lays of the Sanctuary and Other Poems‎^[1], London: E. Good, page 277:

     his starting eyes / Both wide agoggle, twice their size.

   • 1969, Patricia Highsmith, chapter 25, in The Tremor of Forgery‎^[2], Penguin, published 1987, page 234:

     [He] was agoggle with surprise.

   • 1977, Nigel Williams, My Life Closed Twice‎^[3], London: Faber and Faber, published 1986, Part 3, Chapter 20, p. 169:

     I turned, to discover Louise’s face, pressed against the glass, a-goggle with worry and concern.

   • 2008, N. S. Köenings, “Sisters for Shama”, in Theft‎^[4], New York: Back Bay Books / Little, Brown, page 193:

     The boys, still young, not yet enamored of kung fu, would sprawl below the soft brown sofa, legs and hands entangled, eyes agoggle at the screen.

2. Amazed (at something).
   • a. 1839, William Eaton, “An Essay” cited in James Nack, Earl Rupert, and Other Tales and Poems, New York: George Adlard, 1839, p. 128,^[5]

     such poetry as this / Must set you all a-goggle!

   • 1970, Marian T. Place, chapter 9, in Mountain Man‎^[6], London: Crowell-Collier, page 88:

     […] the Crows were agoggle at the results of Jim’s dickering.

   • 2008, Michael Norman, chapter 21, in Haunted Homeland,‎^[7], New York: Tom Doherty Associates, page 390:

     […] a mysterious intruder leaving diminutive size-six footprints had residents agoggle.