goff

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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goff (uncountable)

  1. (Scotland) Obsolete form of golf (ball game).
    • 1848, Maria Edgeworth, The Gardener:
      Forester soon took an aversion to the game of goff, and recollected Scotch reels with less contempt.

Etymology 2

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Compare French goffe (ill-made, awkward), Italian goffo, Spanish gofo, German dialect Goff (a blockhead).

Noun

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goff (plural goffs)

  1. (obsolete) A fool; a clown.
    • 1678, “The Geneva Ballad”:
      He calls the bishop Grey-beard Goff,
      And makes his power a mere scoff.

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