单词 | goff |
释义 | ▪ I. † goff1 Obs. rare. [? Abbreviation of *goffer, godfa'r = godfather. Cf. gom.] a. A godfather. b. = gaffer 1 and 2.
1483Cath. Angl. 161/2 A Goffe, a godefader. 1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 711/1 A very cold conseeit of my goffe that he found. 1577Misogonus ii. iii. (Brandl Quellen 443), Cha bene sadlinge my gofe cuccolds cowe. 1683Yorksh. Dial. 33 See if Goff Hyldroth be gaen hand. Ibid. 49 God ya god moarne, Goff. ▪ II. goff2 Obs. exc. dial.|gɒf| Also 9 guff. [App. a. F. goffe awkward, stupid, ad. It. goffo (Sp. gofo), of uncertain origin.] (See quots.)
1570Levins Manip. 156/37 A Goffe, foole, morio, bardus. 1678Pol. Ballads (1860) I. 205 He calls the bishop Grey⁓beard Goff, And makes his power a mere scoff. 1790Grose Prov. Gloss. (ed. 2), Goff, a foolish clown. North. 1801R. Anderson Cumbld. Ball. 18 My mudder caws me peer deyl'd guff. 1818Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck, etc. II. 186 Weel I wat ye'll never get the like o' her, great muckle hallanshaker-like guff. 1869Lonsdale Gloss., Goff, a foolish clown, a silly fellow, an oaf. 1878Cumbld. Gloss., Goff, Guff, a fool. ▪ III. goff obs. form of goaf1; var. of golf. |

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