angon

[ ang-gon ]

noun

1. a spear having a long, narrow iron shaft and a small, usually barbed tip, associated mainly with Frankish and Saxon grave finds of the 5th through 8th centuries a.d.

Word History and Origins

Origin of angon¹

1870–75; < Late Greek ángōn < Germanic; compare Old High German ango prong, tip, hook, Old English anga, Old Norse angi; akin to angle ²

Example Sentences

Even the East Village’s “deservedly maligned curry row” has a standout, Peter Angon wrote in 2004 in a review of Angon on the Sixth.

From New York Times