Agenbite
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈɡɛnbʌɪt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Agenbite is a noun meaning (often purposely archaic) Remorse, ayenbite.
Meaning
(often purposely archaic) Remorse, ayenbite.
Example Sentences
Speaking to me. They wash and tub and scrub. Agenbite of inwit. Conscience.
[…]habitude of writers challenged by the affliction of an over-agenbite and inwit to match.
A special property of all social extensions of the body is that they return to plague the inventors in a kind of agenbite of outwit.'
But more to the point here, the agenbite is, if not a Jewish condition, then more pervasive among Jews than any other group, by a wide margin.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include afterbite, remordency, avenge, avengeaunce, emmet, avengeance.
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