Agitant
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A person who agitates.
"1665, Robert Howard, The Committee, Act III, Scene 1, in Five New Plays, London: Henry Herringman, 1692 p. 77, Now am I ready for any Plot; I’ll go find some of these Agitants, and fill up a blank Commission with my Name."
- 2 Obsolete spelling of adjutant. alt-of, obsolete
- 3 A thing that agitates.
"If melancholy humours most abound, The dreams distractive, and the sleep unsound, And Hypochondriac megrims start and twitch, Black spirits rise, and temptingly bewitch, Ten drops of poppy nectar, freshly pressed, Will lay the peccant agitants at rest."
- 1 That agitates.
"[…] at her white bosom is that patch incarnadine—the red, red rose. Agitant and tremulous it has burst open, and its pure heart lies bare."
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More examples"1665, Robert Howard, The Committee, Act III, Scene 1, in Five New Plays, London: Henry Herringman, 1692 p. 77, Now am I ready for any Plot; I’ll go find some of these Agitants, and fill up a blank Commission with my Name."
Etymology
From Latin agitāns, present participle of agitō (“I shake, brandish, agitate”); equivalent to agitate + -ant.
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