Gog
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English
Etymology 1
From Biblical Hebrew גּוֹג (Gōg).
Proper noun
Gog
- Gog and Magog, a figure (or two figures) mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in Ezekiel 38 and 39, and variously identified by later writers with Satan or certain hostile nations. (See Revelation 20:8.)
- (obsolete) Replacement for the word God when swearing, forming vulgar minced oaths originating in the 14th century: by Gog’s wounds, Gog’s bread...
- 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw , Act I:
- By gogs bloud my maiſters, we will not put vp this ſo quietly, […]
See also
Etymology 2
Noun
Gog (plural Gogs)
- (UK, slang) Synonym of North Walian: a person from North Wales.
Anagrams
Welsh
Etymology
Clipping of gogleddwr (“northerner”) or Clipping of gogledd (“north”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Gog m or f by sense (plural Gogs, not mutable)
- (colloquial) a person from North Wales
- Gog yw ei wraig e.
- His wife is a North Walian.
- (colloquial) North Walian dialect of the Welsh language
- Sa i'n siarad Gog.
- I don't speak North Walian Welsh.
Antonyms
- hwntw (“South Walian”)
Mutation
The word Gog is not normally mutated.
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “Gog”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies