Agitas

Agitas is the plural form of agita, a noun that appears mainly in informal English and carries several related meanings. In Italian, agita is connected to agitation or distress, and in English it has been adopted to describe a feeling of upset, anxiety, or discomfort, sometimes tied to stomach trouble. Historically, agita also referred to dyspepsia or indigestion in medical writing, though this usage is now uncommon.

The term traces to the Latin root agitare, meaning to stir or move. In English, agita emerged through Italian and Italian-American usage in the late 19th to early 20th centuries, often in informal or literary contexts.

In contemporary use, agita as a mass noun most often conveys general nervousness or agitation rather than a specific medical condition. When used as a plural, agitas would denote multiple instances or varieties of such agitation or distress, though speakers more commonly rephrase with agitation, anxiety, or dyspepsia rather than use the plural form.

Because agita is not a standard medical term or widely used in formal writing, its meaning is inferred from context and may vary by speaker. The phrase the agita of daily life appears in some prose and journalism to describe pervasive stress, while in historical medical texts it can point to dyspepsia or stomach upset in older documents.

See also agitate; anxiety; dyspepsia.