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agatha
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Word definitions for agatha in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
fem. proper name, from Latin, from Greek Agathe , fem. of agathos "good," which is of unknown origin. Never a popular name in U.S., and all but unused there since 1940.
Usage examples of agatha.
Diana Belfield should start for the grand tour of Europe under no more imposing protection than that of her cousin and intimate friend, Miss Agatha Gosling.
For the rest, Agatha contented herself with spinning suppositions about the people she never spoke to.
He was tall and fair, slight, and, as Agatha Gosling said, aristocratic-looking.
At last Agatha Gosling discovered what it was, and made a solemn proclamation of the same.
It was certainly natural to suppose he was in love with some one, and, as Agatha said, it could not possibly be with herself.
Longstaff was observed to speak was an elderly man of foreign aspect who approached him occasionally in the most deferential manner, and whom Agatha Gosling supposed to be his servant.
Presently she added that she would go home and write a letter, and, though she had never taken a step in Europe without having Agatha by her side, Miss Gosling now allowed her to depart unattended.
His eyes, which Agatha thought very handsome, had a remarkable expression.
The young Americans came out and sat upon the shore the next day, and the next, and the next, and Agatha watched intently for Mr.
But before they separated, Agatha had persuaded her to say that if a message really should come from the young mans death-bed, she would not refuse him the light of her presence.
It was an awkward situation for her, and Agatha expected her at any moment to turn away in disgust.
There was a deep silence, and Agatha thought it would be delicate on her own part to retire.
It was, in a large measure, in the light of after years that Agatha judged this period, but even at the time she felt it to be depressing, uncomfortable, unnatural.
She took refuge in a kind of haughty silence, and whenever a new contretemps came to her knowledge, she simply greeted it with a bitter smile which Agatha always interpreted as an ironical reflection on poor, fantastic, obtrusive Mr.
But at home they separated very tenderly, for Agatha had to go and devote herself to her nearer kinsfolk in the country.