WOTD: agita
Phonetic Spelling: AJ-i-tuh
Part(s) of Speech: noun
Meaning(s):
- Agitation; anxiety.
- Heartburn; indigestion.
Example:
And my being named after the patron saint of love, St. Valentine, when I’ve had nothing but agita in romance just makes it more painfully ironic.
— Rosanna Chiofalo, Bellla Fortuna
I’m eighty-two years old and I don’t need this agita in my life!
— Rita Lakin, Getting Old Is Murder
Origin:
Agita was coined in America in the 1980s. It comes from the Italian word agitare meaning “to bother.”