ajangle
adj/əˈd͡ʒæŋɡəl/
Etymology From a- + jangle.
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Jangling.
- 1913, Bert Leston Taylor, “Canopus” in Motley Measures, Chicago: The Laurentian Publishers, p. 14, When men are calling names and making faces, And all the world’s ajangle and ajar, I meditate on interstellar spaces And smoke a mild seegar.
- Where the horrible clamor had merely set my nerves ajangle, it had plainly lacerated her like some evil bullwhip.1979, William Styron, chapter 15, in Sophie’s Choice, New York: Random House, page 462:
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- That actually did make Cora feel better—enough that she took a deep breath and reminded herself that the mission was done and successful. No injuries, no pursuit... no reason to still feel so twitchy, her nerves all a-jangle.2017 November, N. K. Jemisin, Mac Walters, chapter 3, in Mass Effect Andromeda: Initiation, 1st edition (Science Fiction), Titan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 68: