different between gust vs gost

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Etymology 1

Apparently from an unrecorded Middle English *gust, from Old Norse gustr (“a gust, blast”), from Proto-Germanic *gustiz, from Proto-Indo-European *??ew-. Related to Old Norse gusa (“to gush forth”), Old High German gussa (“flood”), Middle English guschen (> English gush).The English word was not recorded before Shakespeare.

Noun

gust (plural gusts)

1. A strong, abrupt rush of wind.

   Synonym: windflaw

2. (by extension) Any rush or outburst (of water, emotion, etc.).
   • 1609 (revised 1625), Francis Bacon, De Sapientia Veterum ('Wisdom of the Ancients')

     they are merely driven about by every sudden gust and impulse of the mind

Translations

Verb

gust (third-person singular simple present gusts, present participle gusting, simple past and past participle gusted)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To blow in gusts.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English gust, guste, from Latin gustus (“taste”) and Old French gust, goust.

Noun

gust (uncountable)

1. (archaic) The physiological faculty of taste.
2. Relish, enjoyment, appreciation.
   • 1651, Jeremy Taylor, Twenty-sermons for the winter half-year, "The Spirit of Grace"

     An ox will relish the tender flesh of kids with as much gust and appetite.

   • 1942: ‘Yes, indeed,’ said Sava with solemn gust. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 1050)
3. Intellectual taste; fancy.
   • 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy

     A choice of it may be made according to the gust and manner of the ancients.

Etymology 3

From Middle English gusten (“to taste, have a taste for”), from the noun (see above)).

Verb

gust (third-person singular simple present gusts, present participle gusting, simple past and past participle gusted)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To taste.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To have a relish for.

Related terms

• disgust

Anagrams

• GUTs, guts, tugs

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin gustus, from Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *?éwstus. First attested in the 14th century,, it was possibly a semi-learned word or early borrowing; compare the sound changes in the inherited Occitan gost, Portuguese gosto, and French goût.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /??ust/

Noun

gust m (plural gusts or gustos)

1. taste (clarification of this definition is needed)

Derived terms

Related terms

• gustar

Further reading

• “gust” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “gust” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “gust” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

References

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin gustus, from Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *?éwstus. Possibly a borrowing or semi-learned term.

Noun

gust m (plural gusts)

1. relish, zest, enjoyment
2. taste

Synonyms

• (taste): savôr

Derived terms

• gustôs

Related terms

• gustâ

Icelandic

Noun

gust

1. indefinite accusative singular of gustur

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gustus, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *?éwstus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ust/

Noun

gust m inan (diminutive gu?cik)

1. taste, personal preference

Declension

Derived terms

• gustowa?
• gustowny

Further reading

• gust in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ust/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin gustus, from Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *?éwstus.

Noun

gust n (plural gusturi)

1. taste

Declension

Derived terms

• gustos

Related terms

• gusta
• gustare

See also

• savoare

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin (mensis) augustus (through Vulgar Latin *agustus). Compare also Albanian gusht (“August”).

Alternative forms

• agust

Noun

gust m (uncountable)

1. (popular/folk usage, rare) August

Synonyms

• august (standard/most common)
• gustar (popular/folk name)
• m?s?lar (popular/folk name)

Derived terms

• gustar

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *g?st?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?û?st/

Adjective

g?st (definite g?st?, comparative g?š??, Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. dense

Declension

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

• kust

Noun

gust m

1. horror, horrible feeling upon witnessing something

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