gog

See also: Gog and gőg

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)

  1. (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

Anagrams

Amanab

Noun

gog

  1. tooth

Irish

Noun

gog m (genitive singular goig, nominative plural goga)

  1. a nod
  2. syllable

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gog- (round), cognate with English cake.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -oːɡ

Noun

gog f

  1. ball

Romanian

Etymology

From Gogu.

Noun

gog m (plural gogi)

  1. a stupid boy or man

Declension

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡoːɡ/

Noun

gog

  1. Soft mutation of cog (cuckoo).

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cog gog nghog chog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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