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gnoff

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gnoff
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A churl; a curmudgeon; boor; lout.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English gnof (“a miser, churl, lout”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots gnaff (“any small or stunted object”). Compare Saterland Frisian knufe (“lump”), Saterland Frisian gnuffig (“thick, rough, coarse, ill-mannered”).

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Inflected Forms

gnoffs (plural)

Questions

What does gnoff mean?
A churl; a curmudgeon; boor; lout.
Where does gnoff come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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