different between gust vs agitation

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Etymology 1

Apparently from an unrecorded Middle English *gust, from Old Norse gustr (“a gust, blast”), from Proto-Germanic *gustiz, from Proto-Indo-European *??ew-. Related to Old Norse gusa (“to gush forth”), Old High German gussa (“flood”), Middle English guschen (> English gush).The English word was not recorded before Shakespeare.

Noun

gust (plural gusts)

1. A strong, abrupt rush of wind.

   Synonym: windflaw

2. (by extension) Any rush or outburst (of water, emotion, etc.).
   • 1609 (revised 1625), Francis Bacon, De Sapientia Veterum ('Wisdom of the Ancients')

     they are merely driven about by every sudden gust and impulse of the mind

Translations

Verb

gust (third-person singular simple present gusts, present participle gusting, simple past and past participle gusted)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To blow in gusts.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English gust, guste, from Latin gustus (“taste”) and Old French gust, goust.

Noun

gust (uncountable)

1. (archaic) The physiological faculty of taste.
2. Relish, enjoyment, appreciation.
   • 1651, Jeremy Taylor, Twenty-sermons for the winter half-year, "The Spirit of Grace"

     An ox will relish the tender flesh of kids with as much gust and appetite.

   • 1942: ‘Yes, indeed,’ said Sava with solemn gust. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 1050)
3. Intellectual taste; fancy.
   • 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy

     A choice of it may be made according to the gust and manner of the ancients.

Etymology 3

From Middle English gusten (“to taste, have a taste for”), from the noun (see above)).

Verb

gust (third-person singular simple present gusts, present participle gusting, simple past and past participle gusted)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To taste.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To have a relish for.

Related terms

• disgust

Anagrams

• GUTs, guts, tugs

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin gustus, from Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *?éwstus. First attested in the 14th century,, it was possibly a semi-learned word or early borrowing; compare the sound changes in the inherited Occitan gost, Portuguese gosto, and French goût.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /??ust/

Noun

gust m (plural gusts or gustos)

1. taste (clarification of this definition is needed)

Derived terms

Related terms

• gustar

Further reading

• “gust” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “gust” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “gust” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

References

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin gustus, from Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *?éwstus. Possibly a borrowing or semi-learned term.

Noun

gust m (plural gusts)

1. relish, zest, enjoyment
2. taste

Synonyms

• (taste): savôr

Derived terms

• gustôs

Related terms

• gustâ

Icelandic

Noun

gust

1. indefinite accusative singular of gustur

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gustus, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *?éwstus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ust/

Noun

gust m inan (diminutive gu?cik)

1. taste, personal preference

Declension

Derived terms

• gustowa?
• gustowny

Further reading

• gust in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ust/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin gustus, from Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *?éwstus.

Noun

gust n (plural gusturi)

1. taste

Declension

Derived terms

• gustos

Related terms

• gusta
• gustare

See also

• savoare

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin (mensis) augustus (through Vulgar Latin *agustus). Compare also Albanian gusht (“August”).

Alternative forms

• agust

Noun

gust m (uncountable)

1. (popular/folk usage, rare) August

Synonyms

• august (standard/most common)
• gustar (popular/folk name)
• m?s?lar (popular/folk name)

Derived terms

• gustar

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *g?st?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?û?st/

Adjective

g?st (definite g?st?, comparative g?š??, Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. dense

Declension

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

• kust

Noun

gust m

1. horror, horrible feeling upon witnessing something

English

Etymology

From French agitation, from Latin agit?ti? (“movement, agitation”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ad????te??(?)n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æ.d????te?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

agitation (countable and uncountable, plural agitations)

1. The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being disrupted with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.

2. A disturbance of personal tranquillity; disturbance of someone's peace of mind.

   Synonym: perturbation

3. Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.
   • 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II

     […] religious agitations […]

4. (archaic) Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.
   • 1732, Jonathan Swift, The Advantages Proposed by Repealing the Sacramental Test

     […] the project now in agitation […]

Synonyms

• emotion, commotion, excitement, trepidation, tremor, perturbation

Translations

References

• agitation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Danish

Noun

agitation c (singular definite agitationen, plural indefinite agitationer)

1. agitation

Declension

Further reading

• “agitation” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agitatio. Surface analysis: agiter +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.?i.ta.sj??/

Noun

agitation f (plural agitations)

1. choppiness (of water), turbulence (in air), swaying (of branch etc.)
2. restlessness
3. bustle (of street, room etc.); activity
4. (nervous) agitation
5. (social) unrest

Descendants

• ? Romanian: agita?ie

Further reading

• “agitation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).