English

Alternative forms

• ghost

Noun

gost ‎(plural gosts)

1. Obsolete form of ghost.
   • 1600, Richard Hakluyt, Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, reprint edition, Kessinger Publishing, published 2004, ISBN 9781419178733, page 68:

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

Related terms

• geist

References

• gost in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Middle English

Alternative forms

• gast
• goost
• goste

Etymology

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

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.

   • 1500, The Towneley Plays:

     The gost went to **** a pase whils the cors lay slayn, And broght the sawles from sathanas.

   • 1525, English Conquest of Ireland:

     The dede to areren, yuel gostes to quethen.

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
   • ᵹe 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

Descendants

• English: ghost

References

• Middle English Dictionary, "gost"

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin gustus. Numerous cognates include Italian gusto and French goût

Noun

gost m (plural gosts)

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

See also

• tastar

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡôːst/, /ɡôst/

Noun

gȏst m ‎(Cyrillic spelling го̑ст)

1. guest

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

Declension

References

• Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (1990, Друго фототипско издање), Матица српска, Matica hrvatska (Нови Сад, Zagreb), volume 1, page 542
• “gost” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔ́st/
• Tonal orthography: gȍst

Noun

gòst m anim ‎(genitive gôsta, nominative plural gôstje or gôsti)

1. guest

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *gǫstъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡóːst/
• Tonal orthography: gọ̑st

Adjective

góst ‎(comparative gostêjši, superlative nàjgostêjši)

1. dense

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Noun

gost m (plural gest)

1. guest

Zazaki

Etymology

Compare Persian گوشت ‎(gušt).

Noun

gost ?

1. meat