agita

[ aj-i-tuh ]

noun

1. heartburn; indigestion.
2. agitation; anxiety.

Word History and Origins

Origin of agita¹

1980–85, Americanism; < Italian, < agitare < Latin agitāre agitate

Example Sentences

For many students and their families alike, the mere thought of the college-application process generates healthy doses of agita, if not outright terror.

From Time

Does old-fashioned aggravation—emotional wear and tear, agita, tsuris, call it what you will—really take years off your life?

From The Daily Beast

American politics has also too frequently become an all-or-nothing proposition, making the USA the United States of Agita.

From The Daily Beast

Ensayo sobre el verdadero estado de la cuestion social y politica que se agita en la Republica Mejicana, por Otero, 1842.

From Project Gutenberg