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English

Alternative forms

• ghost

Etymology

From Middle English gost, see below.

Noun

gost (plural gosts)

1. Obsolete form of ghost.

Related terms

• geist

References

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

Anagrams

• GTOs, gots, stog, togs

Middle English

Alternative forms

• gast, goost, goste

Etymology

From Old English g?st, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???st/
• Rhymes: -??st

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 hell 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
   • ?e 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
• Scots: gaist, gast, ghaist
• Yola: gaast

References

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

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin gustus, from Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *?éwstus. Numerous cognates include Catalan gust, Italian gusto and French goût.

Noun

gost m (plural gosts)

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

Derived terms

• gostós

See also

• tastar

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gost?, from Proto-Indo-European *g?óstis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ô?st/, /?ôst/

Noun

g?st m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. guest

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

Declension

References

• “gost”, in ?????? ???????????????? ????????? ?????? (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 1, ????? ?????????? ?????? edition, ???? ???, ??????: ?????? ??????, ?????? ????????, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 542
• “gost” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *gost?, from Proto-Indo-European *g?óstis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???st/

Noun

g?st m anim

1. guest

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *g?st?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ó?st/

Adjective

g??st (comparative gost?jši, superlative n?jgost?jši)

1. dense

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “gost”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Noun

gost m (plural gest)

1. guest

Zazaki

Etymology

Compare Persian ????? (gušt).

Noun

gost ?

1. meat

English

Alternative forms

• davil, debbil, deevil (pronunciation spelling)
• diuel, divel (dialectal or archaic)
• deuill, devel, devell, devill, diuell (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English devil, devel, deovel, from Old English d?ofol, d?oful, from earlier d?obul (“devil”), from Latin diabolus, ultimately from Ancient Greek ???????? (diábolos, “accuser, slanderer”), also as "Satan" (in Jewish/Christian usage, translating Biblical Hebrew ??????? (??t?n)), from ???????? (diabáll?, “to slander”), literally “to throw across”, from ??? (diá, “through, across”) + ????? (báll?, “throw”). The Old English word was probably adopted under influence of Latin diabolus (itself from the Greek). Other Germanic languages adopted the word independently: compare Saterland Frisian Düüwel (“devil”), West Frisian duvel (“devil”), Dutch duivel, duvel (“devil”), German Low German Düvel (“devil”), German Teufel (“devil”), Danish djævel (“devil”), Swedish djävul (“devil”) (older: djefvul, Old Swedish diævul, Old Norse dj?full). Doublet of diable, diablo, and diabolus.

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?v??l, IPA^(key): /?d?v?l/
• (rare, dated) enPR: d?v?îl, IPA^(key): /?d?v?l/
• Rhymes: -?v?l

Proper noun

the devil

1. (theology) The chief devil; Satan.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Satan

   Antonym: God

Alternative forms

• Devil

Translations

Noun

devil (plural devils)

1. (theology) An evil creature.

   Synonym: demon

   Antonyms: angel, god

2. (folklore) A fictional image of a man, usually red or orange in skin color; with a set of horns on his head, a pointed goatee and a long tail and carrying a pitchfork; that represents evil and portrayed to children in an effort to discourage bad behavior.
3. The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.

   Antonyms: angel, conscience

4. A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.

   Synonyms: imp, rascal, scamp, scoundrel

   Antonyms: angel, saint

5. A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.

   Synonyms: bastard, bitch, (UK) bugger, stinker

   Antonyms: (US) cakewalk, piece of cake

6. (euphemistic, with an article, as an intensifier) Hell.

   Synonyms: (euphemistic) deuce, (euphemistic) dickens, (vulgar) fuck, heck, hell

7. A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.

   Synonyms: (UK) bugger, (used of a woman) cow, (UK) sod

8. A dust devil.
9. (religion, Christian Science) An evil or erring entity.
10. (dialectal, in compounds) A barren, unproductive and unused area.

11. (cooking) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
12. A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
13. A Tasmanian devil.
14. (cycling, slang) An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.

Derived terms

Related terms

• diabolo
• diablo

Descendants

• Tok Pisin: tewel
• ? Chuukese: tefin

Translations

Verb

devil (third-person singular simple present devils, present participle (US) deviling or devilling, simple past and past participle (US) deviled or devilled)

1. To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
2. To annoy or bother.

   Synonyms: bedevil; see also Thesaurus:annoy

3. To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), page 401:

     He did not repeat the scathing estimate of her character by Quatrefages, who at that time spent one afternoon a week devilling at the Consulate, keeping the petty-cash box in order.

4. To prepare (food) with spices, making it spicy:
   1. To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
   2. To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.
   3. To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served.

Usage notes

• UK usage doubles the l in the inflected forms "devilled" and "devilling"; US usage generally does not.

Derived terms

• deviled egg, devilled egg
• deviled ham, devilled ham
• devilled sausages

Translations

See also

• Al-Shaytaan
• angel
• daeva
• demon
• enemy
• ghoul
• jinn
• Lucifer
• nasnas
• Satan

Further reading

• devil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• divel, lived, vilde, viled

Middle English

Noun

devil

1. Alternative form of devel