Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gogmagog

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gog-m-a-gog
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A legendary giant in Welsh and later English folklore, said to have been a giant inhabitant of Albion who was thrown off a cliff during a wrestling match with Corineus, a companion of Brutus of Troy.

Example Sentences

"It’s funny enough now, but it wasn’t funny then, for I got in such a state that I believed, actually believed, that Fauns lived in a certain double hedgerow near the Gog Magogs, and one evening I walked a mile sooner than go through it alone."

Etymology

Often connected to the Biblical characters Gog and Magog. However, Manley Pope, author of an 1862 English translation of the Welsh chronicle Brut y Brenhinedd, argued that it was a corruption of Welsh Gawr Madoc (Madoc the Giant).

Origin

Source language: Welsh

Word Breakdown

Root: Gawr Madoc

Inflected Forms

Goemagot (alternative) Goemot (alternative)

Questions

What does gogmagog mean?: A legendary giant in Welsh and later English folklore, said to have been a giant inhabitant of Albion who was thrown off a cliff during a wrestling match with Corineus, a companion of Brutus of Troy.
Where does gogmagog come from?: It is traced to Welsh.

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