WOTD: agita

Phonetic Spelling: AJ-i-tuh
Part(s) of Speech: noun

Meaning(s):

1. Agitation; anxiety.
2. 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.”