gossoon
/ɡɒˈsuːn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- ""Why, thin, upon my throth, an' it well becomes the likes o' ye, an' that's nothin' but a bit uv a gossoon, to take upon yer to purtind not to b'lieve what yer father, an' yer father's father, an' his father afore him, nivir med the laste doubt uv.""
- "..and a whole army of gorsoons were hunting a poor dog with a kittle tied to his tail."
- ""Thank you for the compliment, your Reverence," he replied, construing the delicate innuendo in a favourable sense' "sure every one, high and low, knows Andy Spain, the roadmaker, after his forty years on the highway, since I was a gossoon helpin' my father, who was a roadmaker before me.Bedad, I am a well-known character, and no mistake.""
- "I was a strapping young gossoon at that time, I tell you, I'll show you my likeness one day."
- "‘He wants to be something he's not,’ he'd say. ‘He's fish, that gossoon, and he wants to be fowl.’"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: garsún, garçun
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ɡɒˈsuːn/