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Word: Gonif
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from Yiddish ganev, from Hebrew gannāḇ ‘thief’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɡɒnɪf
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a disreputable or dishonest person (often used as a general term of abuse)
Short Definition:disreputable or dishonest person
Examples:- my father thinks the whole world is a bunch of gonifs
Variant Forms:
- goniff
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