| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ag·o·ny |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   g  -n |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. ag·o·nies
1. The suffering of intense physical or mental pain. 2. The struggle that precedes death. 3. A sudden or intense emotion: an agony of doubt. 4. A violent, intense struggle. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English agonie, from Old French, from Late Latin ag nia, from Greek agni , from agn, struggle, from agein, to drive. See ag- in Appendix I.
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