gost

See also: gôt, goşt, gos't', and goṣṭ

English

Noun

gost (plural gosts)

1. Obsolete spelling of ghost.
   • 1600, Richard Hakluyt, Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation‎^[1], reprint edition, Kessinger Publishing, published 2004, →ISBN, page 68:

     ... may non evylle gost entre ne come unto the place that it is inne.

Further reading

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “gost”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

• GOTs, GTOs, gots, stog, togs

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• gast, gaast, goost, goste

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.

     This night my father's ghost has in my sore sleep, so tormented me

   • 15th c., “Thomas Indie [Thomas of India]”, 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.

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
   • 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
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

• gosted — endowed with a spirit, immortal
• gostful — like a ghost, ghostly; spiritual
• gostli — spiritually
• gostlihede, gostlihod — spiritual conduct, spiritual love, devoutness, piety
• gostliness — spiritual matters, spirituality; devoutness, piety.

Descendants

• English: ghost
• Scots: ghaist
• Yola: gaast, gast

References

• “gōst, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

gost

1. alternative form of gorst

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.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Noun

gost m (plural gosts)

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

Derived terms

• gostós

See also

• tastar

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡôːst/

Noun

gȏst m anim (Cyrillic spelling го̑ст)

1. guest

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

Declension

Declension of gost

	singular	plural
nominative	gȏst	gȍsti
genitive	gȍsta	gòstijū gòstī
dative	gȍstu	gòstima
accusative	gȍsta	gȍste
vocative	gȍste	gȍsti
locative	gȍstu	gòstima
instrumental	gȍstom	gòstima

References

• “gost”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика [Rečnik srpskohrvatskoga književnog jezika, Dictionary of the Serbo-Croatian Literary Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање [Second Phototype Edition], volume 1, Novi Sad; Zagreb: Matica srpska; Matica hrvatska, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 542
• “gost”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔ́st/

Noun

gȍst m anim

1. guest

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	gòst
gen. sing.	gôsta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	gòst	gôsta	gôstje gôsti
genitive (rodȋlnik)	gôsta	gôstov	gôstov
dative (dajȃlnik)	gôstu	gôstoma	gôstom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	gôsta	gôsta	gôste
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	gôstu	gôstih	gôstih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	gôstom	gôstoma	gôsti

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *gǫstъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡóːst/

Adjective

gọ̑st (comparative gostȇjši, superlative nȁjgostȇjši)

1. dense

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	góst	gósta	gósto
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	góst ind gósti def	gósta	gósto
genitive	góstega	góste	góstega
dative	góstemu	gósti	góstemu
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	gósto	gósto
locative	góstem	gósti	góstem
instrumental	góstim	gósto	góstim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gósta	gósti	gósti
genitive	góstih	góstih	góstih
dative	góstima	góstima	góstima
accusative	gósta	gósti	gósti
locative	góstih	góstih	góstih
instrumental	góstima	góstima	góstima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gósti	góste	gósta
genitive	góstih	góstih	góstih
dative	góstim	góstim	góstim
accusative	góste	góste	gósta
locative	góstih	góstih	góstih
instrumental	góstimi	góstimi	góstimi

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

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

Etymology

From Middle High German gast, from Old High German gast, from Proto-West Germanic *gasti, from Proto-Germanic *gastiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

gost m (plural gest)

1. guest

Zazaki

Etymology

Compare Persian گوشت (gušt).

Noun

gost

1. meat