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Gnof

Gnof

(nŏf)

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Noun.

Churl; curmudgeon.

[Obs.]

Chaucer.

Definition 2024

gnof

gnof

Middle English

Noun

gnof (plural gnofs)

churl; curmudgeon
- 1380s-1390s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Miller's Tale,
  Whilom ther was dwellynge at Oxenford / A riche gnof, that gestes heeld to bord.