Gareth
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Of Old Welsh origin and cognate with the Welsh name Geraint (from Latin Gerontius (“old man”), from Ancient Greek γέρων (gérōn, “old man”)) or perhaps the word gwareddawg, gwaredd (“gentleness”); see gwâr (“gentle”).
Proper noun edit
Gareth
- A male given name from Welsh of Welsh origin; name of a knight in the Arthurian romance.
- 1872, Alfred Tennyson, Gareth and Lynette:
- The last tall son of Lot and Bellicent,
And tallest, Gareth, in a showerful spring,
Stared at the spate.
Etymology 2 edit
Cockney rhyming slang based on the name of actor Gareth Hunt.[1][2][3]
Noun edit
Gareth (plural Gareths)
- (Cockney rhyming slang) cunt.
- He's a bit of a Gareth.
References edit
- ^ A dictionary of slang - "G" - Slang and colloquialisms of the UK.
- ^ “Gareth Hunt is Cockney Rhyming Slang for …”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2007 March 16 (last accessed), archived from the original on 20 August 2014
- ^ Anonymous Dirty Cockney Rhyming Slang Michael O'Mara Books Ltd. →ISBN