Meanings
plural goujeres
- obsoleterareVenereal disease.
Wipe thine eyes; The goujere shall devour them, flesh and fell, Ere they shall make me weep.
1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear2 more examples
Bonus annus de te (literally "the good year on you," as it is sometimes spelled in old English) means, The goujere on you; that is, with the editor's good leave, (See p. lxxxiii. ) The p–x on you.
1788, “Art. V. Ignoramus, Comoedia; Scriptore Georgic Ruggle, A. M. Aulae Clarensis, apud Cantabrigiensis, elim Socie; nunc denuo in Lucem Edita cum Notis Historicis et Criticis: Quibus injuper praeponitur ponens: Accurante Johanne Sidneio Hawkins”, in The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal, volume 78, page 200In the English version, "May the good year untye us'" the common corrupt expression of the age for the goujere, or venereal disease.
1804, Malcolm Laing, The History of Scotland
Origin
- Frenchgouge“prostitute, a camp trull”
- Englishgoujere
An alteration of goodyear (“the Devil”). A derivation from French gouge (“prostitute, a camp trull”) has been suggested, but this seems unlikely.
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