gog
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.
Amanab
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gog- (“round”), cognate with English cake.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oːɡ
Romanian
Etymology
From Gogu.
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡoːɡ/
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