agee

¹ American  

[uh-jee] / əˈdʒi /

Or ajee

adverb

British Dialect.

1. to one side; awry.

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Agee ² American  

[ey-jee] / ˈeɪ dʒi /

noun

1. James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.

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agee ¹ British  

/ əˈdʒiː /

adjective

1. awry, crooked, or ajar

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adverb

1. awry; at an angle

Agee ² British  

/ ˈeɪdʒiː /

noun

1. James. 1909–55, US novelist, poet, and film critic. His works include the autobiographical novel A Death in the Family (1957)

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Etymology

Origin of agee

First recorded in 1790–1800; a- ¹ + gee ¹

Example Sentences

I maun gang an' get hame, my sweet Jessie, For fear some young laird o' degree May come roun' on his fine sleekit bawsy, An' ding a' my prospects agee.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles

Therfore they bee wyse, that thryue in tyme, and gather too gether necessaries for that agee coomn.

From A Very Pleasaunt & Fruitful Diologe Called the Epicure by Erasmus, Desiderius

He worked here and he worked there, and turned his hand to this and to that, but it always went agee, and 't was all Yallery Brown's doing.

From More English Fairy Tales by Batten, John Dickson

Here is one: 'Le 29 de Janvier, 1723-4, morut le Sieur Authonoine Trabue, agee danviron sinquaint six a sept annees fut en terree le 30 du meme moy.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

But what thyng now is more miserable then is agee?

From A Very Pleasaunt & Fruitful Diologe Called the Epicure by Erasmus, Desiderius

Related Words

• curved
• curving
• devious
• errant
• gnarled
• meandering
• serpentine
• sinuous
• twisted
• twisting
• winding