angor
AmericanEtymology
Origin of angor
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin: suffocation. See anger
Example Sentences
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By 1858, anxiety had taken on symptoms that the Romans had once relegated to angor, a separate term that means a state of intense fear—like our concept of panic.
From Scientific American • Jul. 23, 2012
But angor meant not only quinsy or compression of the neck; it assumed a moral import and signifies anguish or anxiety.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max
O ubi purpurei motus pueri alitis? o qui Me mihi turbineis surripis, angor, aquis!
From Verses and Translations by Calverley, Charles Stuart
In Latin it appears as ango, anxi, anctum, to strangle, in angina, quinsy, in angor, suffocation.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
But angor meant not only quinsy or compression of the neck; it assumed a moral import, and signifies anguish or anxiety.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
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