angust

English

Etymology

From Latin angustus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /æŋˈɡʌst/

Adjective

angust (comparative more angust, superlative most angust)

1. (obsolete) Narrow; strait; contracted; not spacious.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “angust”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Ü-Tsang, Aungst, untags, guntas, Gaunts

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *angusti, from Proto-Germanic *angustiz.

Noun

angust m

1. fear, fright

Inflection

Declension of angust (masculine i-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	angust	angusti
accusative	angust	angusti
genitive	angustis	angusto
dative	angusti	angustin, anguston

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: ancst, anxt, angest
  • Dutch: angst
    • Afrikaans: angs

References

• “angust”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012