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gog

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables
gog
IPA
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Haste; ardent desire to go.

Obsolete; Uncountable

name

Gog and Magog, a figure (or two figures) mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in Ezekiel 38 and 39, and variously identified by later writers with Satan or certain hostile nations. (See Revelation 20:8.)

name

Replacement for the word God when swearing, forming vulgar minced oaths originating in the 14th century: by Gog’s wounds, Gog’s bread...

Obsolete

noun

Synonym of North Walian: a person from North Wales.

British usage; Slang

Example Sentences

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: גּוֹג, Gog

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Gogs (plural)

Phrases

king of the north

Frequently Paired Words

king of the north

Synonyms

North Walian

Questions

What does gog mean?
Haste; ardent desire to go.
Where does gog come from?
It is traced to Welsh.

How to pronounce gog

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