English Explanatory Dictionary

hoast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cough.
verb
  1. To cough.
noun
  1. Obsolete form of host.
verb
  1. Obsolete form of host.

Word forms

hoast hoasts haust host hoasting hoasted

Etymology

From Middle English *host, *hoste, from Old Norse hósti (“a cough”), akin to Icelandic hósti, Swedish hosta, Danish hoste (“a cough”). More at whoost.

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