gastness

[ gast-nis ]

/ ˈgæst nɪs /

noun Obsolete.

terror or fright.

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Nearby words

gastarbeiter, gaster, gasteropod, gasthaus, gastight, gastness, gaston, gastonia, gastr-, gastradenitis, gastralgia

Origin of gastness

1350–1400; Middle English gastnes(se), equivalent to gast (past participle of gasten gast) + -nes -ness

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