Word of the Day: AGOGGLED

ETYMOLOGY
from a- (prefix) + goggled (of the eyes: protuberant, prominent)

EXAMPLE
“… But it ‘s true, nevertheless. What would you say if a white mouse, or two of them, should save the life of your wife?
“I would say it was wonderful,” replied the farmer, with eyes a-goggled by amazement. …”

From: Curious Storied Traditions of Scottish Life
By Alexander Leighton, 1860
“The Woman with the White Mice”

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