agush

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ gush.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈɡʌʃ/
• Rhymes: -ʌʃ

Adjective

agush (not comparable)

1. In a gushing manner; gushingly.
   • 1858 September 23 (date written), Nathaniel Hawthorne, “September 23rd, [1858]”, in Passages from the French and Italian Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne, volume II, London: Strahan & Co., […], published 1871, →OCLC, page 179:

     The cider-making of New England is far more picturesque; the great heap of golden or rosy apples under the trees, and the cider-mill worked by a circumgiratory horse, and all agush with sweet juice.

References

• “agush”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Haugs, ghaus, saugh