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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.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Replacement for the word God when swearing, forming vulgar minced oaths originating in the 14th century: by Gog’s wounds, Gog’s bread...
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Haste; ardent desire to go.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Synonym of North Walian: a person from North Wales.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, slang
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Synonyms: North Walian
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History
From Biblical Hebrew גּוֹג (Gōg).
Likely from agog; it appeared first as on gog. Attested from the 16th to 18th centuries. Compare French gogue (“sprightliness”), and Welsh gogi (“to agitate, shake”).
From Welsh Gog.
