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English
Noun
gost (plural gosts)
- Obsolete spelling 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.
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Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English gāst, from Proto-West Germanic *gaist, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
gost (plural gostes)
- 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.- This night my father's ghost has in my sore sleep, so tormented me
15th c., “Thomas Indie ”, in Wakefield Mystery Plays; Re-edited in George England, Alfred W. Pollard, editors, The Towneley Plays (Early English Text Society Extra Series; LXXI), London: Oxford University Press, 1897, →OCLC, page 346, lines 212–213:The gost went to hell a pase / whils the cors lay slayn,
And broght the sawles from sathanas / for which he suffred payn- The spirit went to hell while the body lay slain and brought the souls from Satan, for which he suffered pain.
1525, English Conquest of Ireland:The dede to areren, yuel gostes to quethen.- The deed being counteracted, evil spirits being banished.
- the Holy Ghost
- Goddes gost is þe geven. — Cleanness, c1400
- A villain, scoundrel; a devil incarnate; a wicked-looking creature
- In þat doynge Paternus the monk semeþ a lewed goost. — Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, 1387
- The soul of man, spiritual nature
- Ȝe 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
- 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
- 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
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Derived terms
Derived terms
- gosted — endowed with a spirit, immortal
- gostful — like a ghost, ghostly; spiritual
- gostlihede, gostlihod — spiritual conduct, spiritual love, devoutness, piety
- gostliness — spiritual matters, spirituality; devoutness, piety.
- gostli — spiritually
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References
Etymology 2
Noun
gost
- Alternative form of gorst
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan , from Latin gustus, from Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus. Numerous cognates include Catalan gust, Italian gusto and French goût.
Pronunciation
Noun
gost m (plural gosts)
- taste (of food, drink, etc.)
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gostь, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis.
Pronunciation
Noun
gȏst m (Cyrillic spelling го̑ст)
- guest
- Svakog gosta tri dana dosta. - every guest three days is enough. (proverb)
Declension
References
- “gost”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 1, 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
Noun
gȍst m anim
- guest
Inflection
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Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *gǫstъ.
Pronunciation
Adjective
gọ̑st (comparative gostȇjši, superlative nȁjgostȇjši)
- dense
Inflection
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Further reading
- “gost”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “gost”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references
Vilamovian
Pronunciation
Noun
gost m (plural gest)
- guest
Zazaki
Etymology
Compare Persian گوشت (gušt).
Noun
gost
- meat