gog
Translingual
Symbol
gog
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Gogo terms
English
Etymology
Likely from agog; it appeared first as on gog. Attested from the 16th to 18th centuries. Compare French gogue (“sprightliness”), and Welsh gogi (“to agitate, shake”).
Noun
gog (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Haste; ardent desire to go.
- 1812 [1639], John Fletcher, “Wit Without Money”, in The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher[1], page 65:
- Nay, you have put me into such a gog of going,
I would not stay for all the world.
References
- “gog”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Gog, n.2”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Amanab
Noun
gog
Irish
Noun
gog m (genitive singular goig, nominative plural goga)
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gog- (“round”), cognate with English cake.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oːɡ
Noun
gog f
Romanian
Etymology
From Gogu.
Noun
gog m (plural gogi)
- a stupid boy or man
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | gog | gogul | gogi | gogii | |
| genitive-dative | gog | gogului | gogi | gogilor | |
| vocative | gogule | gogilor | |||
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡoːɡ/
Noun
gog
- soft mutation of cog (“cuckoo”)