English Explanatory Dictionary

gnoff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A churl; a curmudgeon; boor; lout.

Word forms

gnoff gnoffs

Etymology

From Middle English gnof (“a miser, churl, lout”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots gnaff (“any small or stunted object”). Compare Saterland Frisian knufe (“lump”), Saterland Frisian gnuffig (“thick, rough, coarse, ill-mannered”).

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