gost

See also: gôt, goşt, gos't', and goṣṭ

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English gost, see below.

Noun

gost (plural gosts)

  1. Obsolete form of ghost.
    • 1600, Richard Hakluyt, Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, reprint edition, Kessinger Publishing, published 2004, →ISBN, page 68:
      ... may non evylle gost entre ne come unto the place that it is inne.

References

Anagrams


Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English gāst, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔːst/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːst

Noun

gost (plural gostes)

  1. a spiritual being; angel, devil, spirit; soul of a dead person
    • 1386, Chaucer, Legend of Good Women:
      This nyght my faderes gost Hath in my slep so sore me tormented.
    • 1500, The Towneley Plays:
      The gost went to hell a pase whils the cors lay slayn, And broght the sawles from sathanas.
    • 1525, English Conquest of Ireland:
      The dede to areren, yuel gostes to quethen.
  2. the Holy Ghost
    • Goddes gost is þe geven. Cleanness, c1400
  3. A villain, scoundrel; a devil incarnate; a wicked-looking creature
    • In þat doynge Paternus the monk semeþ a lewed goost. Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, 1387
  4. The soul of man, spiritual nature
    • ᵹe cursed gostes, goþ in-to þe pyne of helle! Seint Ieremie telleþ, c1400
    • Lyfe is none quen gost is lede. A Stanzaic Life of Christ, 1500
  5. A spiritual force or insight, a gift of prophecy
    • A haþel in þy holde..hatz þe gostes of God þat gyes alle soþes. Cleanness, c1400
  6. A breath, blowing, wind; God's breath, a spiritual wind; the blowing of storm
    • Gost-wynd nedefull is to recouer monnes gost þat greued is. A Stanzaic Life of Christ, 1500

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Middle English Dictionary, "gost"

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin gustus, from Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus. Numerous cognates include Catalan gust, Italian gusto and French goût.

Noun

gost m (plural gosts)

  1. taste (of food, drink, etc.)

Derived terms

  • gostós

See also


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gostь, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡôːst/, /ɡôst/

Noun

gȏst m (Cyrillic spelling го̑ст)

  1. guest
    Svakog gosta tri dana dosta. - [For] every guest three days is enough. (proverb)

Declension

References

  • gost”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 1, Друго фототипско издање edition, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 542
  • gost” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *gostь, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɔ́st/
  • Tonal orthography: gȍst

Noun

gòst m anim (genitive gôsta, nominative plural gôstje or gôsti)

  1. guest
Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *gǫstъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡóːst/
  • Tonal orthography: gọ̑st

Adjective

góst (comparative gostêjši, superlative nàjgostêjši)

  1. dense
Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.


Vilamovian

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

gost m (plural gest)

  1. guest

Zazaki

Etymology

Compare Persian گوشت (gušt).

Noun

gost ?

  1. meat
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