ajangle

English

Etymology

a- +‎ jangle

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈd͡ʒæŋɡəl/

Adjective

ajangle (not comparable)

1. Jangling.
   • 1913, Bert Leston Taylor, “Canopus” in Motley Measures, Chicago: The Laurentian Publishers, p. 14,^[1]

     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.

   • 1979, William Styron, chapter 15, in Sophie’s Choice‎^[2], New York: Random House, page 462:

     Where the horrible clamor had merely set my nerves ajangle, it had plainly lacerated her like some evil bullwhip.

   • 2017 November, N. K. Jemisin, Mac Walters, chapter 3, in Mass Effect Andromeda: Initiation‎^[3], 1st edition (Science Fiction), Titan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 68:

     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.