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gast¹

  • /ɡɑːst/ UK
  • /ɡæst/ US

Rhymes with -ɑːst, -æst

Where it comes from

From Middle English gasten, from Old English gǣstan, from Proto-Germanic *gaistijaną. Also spelled ghast due to association with ghost.

verb gasts · gasting · gasted

  1. obsolete To frighten. [H]ee charges home my vnprouided body, lancht mine arme, but when he ſaw my beſt alarumd ſpirits, bould in the quarrels, rights, rouſd to the encounter, or whether gaſted by the noyſe I made, but ſodainly he fled.

Gast²

Where it comes from

* As a German surname, from Gast (“guest”) (see below).

* As an Alemannic German surname, shortened from the personal Germanic names Arbogast and Gastolf (compare German Gasthof).

* As a French surname, from Old French gast (“wasteland”).

proper noun Gasts

  1. A surname.

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"gast." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gast. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

gast. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gast

Chicago

"gast." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gast.

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@misc{gast_2026,
  title = {gast},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gast},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}