agon
(noun) a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
agon (countable and uncountable, plural agons or agones)
A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.
An intellectual conflict or apparent competition of ideas.
A contest in ancient Greece, as in athletics or music, in which prizes were awarded.
(uncountable) A two-player board game played on a hexagonally-tiled board, popular in Victorian times.
Synonym: queen's guard
• Gano, Gaon, Goan, Nago, Noga, gaon, goan
Source: Wiktionary
Ag"on, n.; pl. Agones. Etym: [Gr. (Gr. Antiq.)
Definition: A contest for a prize at the public games.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 July 2025
(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
