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G — Golden-robin to Gradus (Part 7 of 10)

Gossip, v. n. Chat, tattle, prate, prattle, gabble, clack, cackle, talk idly.

Gothamist, n. Blunderer, wiseacre, witling, pretender to wisdom, man of small wit.

Gothic, a.

    1. Of the Goths.
    2. North-European, non-classic, non-Romanesque.
    3. Rude, barbaric, barbarous.

Gothic, n. Gothic language.

Gothicism, n.

    1. Gothic idiom.
    2. Rudeness, barbarism, incivility.

Go through.

    1. Execute, accomplish, finish.
    2. Bear, endure, undergo, suffer.

Go through with. Do thoroughly, execute effectually.

Go to loggerheads. Come to blows, fall to loggerheads.

Go to pot. (Colloq.) Go to destruction, be destroyed, be ruined, go to the dogs, go by the board, go to rack and ruin.

Go to war. Fight, war, contend (in arms), take up arms, appeal to arms, wage war, draw the sword, unsheathe the sword, come to blows, measure swords, give battle, join battle, enter the lists, couch one’s lance, take the field, let slip the dogs of war.

Gourd-worm, n. Fluke, fluke-worm.

Gourmand, n. [Written also but less commonly Gormand.]

    1. Glutton, gormandizer, belly-god, belly-slave, greedy-gut, high liver, excessive eater.
    2. Epicure, cultivator of the palate, connoisseur of cookery, gourmet.

Gourmet, n. [Fr.] Epicure, refined feeder, cultivator of the palate, connoisseur of the cooking art.

Goût, n. [Fr.] Taste, relish, flavor, smack, savor, gusto, zest.