goshwow
English
adj
Definitions
- (dated) Of or pertaining to a juvenile overenthusiasm; naive; uncritical.
- (dated) Of or pertaining to a sense of wonder; awe inspiring; amazement causing.
Etymology
Compound from English gosh (minced oath of God, God) + English wow.
Origin
English
wow
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gosh English
- gosh freaking darnit English
- goshawful English
- goshdang English
- goshdangit English
- goshdarn English
- goshdarnit English
- ohmygosh English
- unwowable English
- wow English
- wowless English
- waouh French
- вау Russian
- guao Spanish, Castilian
- wow Spanish, Castilian
- uau Portuguese
- wow Polish
- ŭaŭ Esperanto
- וואו Hebrew (modern)