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gosther

gosther verb: to talk loudly and impudently; to boast or bluster.

Verb

gosther (third-person singular simple present gosthers, present participle gosthering, simple past and past participle gosthered)

  1. (Ireland) To talk loudly and impudently; to boast or bluster.
    • [H]e was always talkin' one nonsinse or another; an' among the rest o' his fooleries, he purtinded not to b'lieve in the fairies, the Leprechauns, an' the Poocas, an' he evin sumtimes had the impedince to purtind to doubt o' ghosts, that every body b'lieves in, at any rate. Yit sum people used to...1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 376

Forms of gosther

third-person singular presentgosthers
present participlegosthering
past participlegosthered
pastgosthered
alternative formgauster
alternative formgoster

Origin of gosther

The OED suggests derivation from Middle English galstren (“to make a noise or outcry”) (found only in the Ancrene Riwle), but the Middle English Dictionary glosses this same word as "to stink". Compare Middle Low German galstern (“demand shamelessly”), Old High German galstar (“chanting, crowing, an incantation”).

Questions about gosther

What does gosther mean?
Gosther means to talk loudly and impudently; to boast or bluster.
What part of speech is gosther?
Gosther is a verb.
What is the past tense of gosther?
The past tense of gosther is gosthered.

Words near gosther in the dictionary

  1. gossypol
  2. gossypols
  3. gossypose
  4. gost
  5. gostan
  6. gosther
  7. gosthered
  8. gosthering
  9. gosthers
  10. Gostick
  11. gostilna

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