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gog
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Symbol
gog
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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, 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
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Noun
gog
Irish
Etymology 1
Noun
gog m (genitive singular goig, nominative plural goga)
Descendants
- → English: guggy egg
Etymology 2
Noun
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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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
Welsh
Pronunciation
Noun
gog
- soft mutation of cog (“cuckoo”)
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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