gog

See also: Gog and gőg

English

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”).

Noun

gog (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Haste; ardent desire to go.
   • 1812 [1639], John Fletcher, “Wit Without Money”, in The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher‎^[1], page 65:

     Nay, you have put me into such a gog of going,
     I would not stay for all the world.

References

• “gog”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Gog, n.²”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• GGO, Ogg

Amanab

Noun

gog

1. tooth

Irish

Noun

gog m (genitive singular goig, nominative plural goga)

1. a nod
2. syllable

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gog- (“round”), cognate with English cake.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oːɡ

Noun

gog f

1. ball

Romanian

Etymology

From Gogu.

Noun

gog m (plural gogi)

1. a stupid boy or man

Declension

Declension of gog

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) gog	gogul	(niște) gogi	gogii
genitive/dative	(unui) gog	gogului	(unor) gogi	gogilor
vocative	gogule		gogilor

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡoːɡ/

Noun

gog

1. Soft mutation of cog (“cuckoo”).

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cog	gog	nghog	chog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.