Definition of Gonif

1. Noun. (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse).

Exact synonyms: Ganef, Ganof, Goniff
Category relationships: Yiddish
Generic synonyms: Offender, Wrongdoer

Definition of Gonif

1. Noun. (alternative form of gonoph) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gonif

1. ganef [n -S] - See also: ganef

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gonif

gongoozles
gongoozling
gongoristic
gongs
gongster
gongsters
gongylonaemiasis
gonia
gonial
goniatite
goniatites
gonidia
gonidial
gonidic
gonif (current term)
goniff
goniffs
gonifs
gonimia
gonimium
gonimous
gonio-
goniocraniometry
goniodysgenesis
goniolatry
goniolens
goniolenses
goniometer
goniometers

Literary usage of Gonif

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Family Words: The Dictionary for People Who Don't Know a Frone from a Brinkle by Paul Dickson (1998)
"The woman was amazed to learn that mud rooms are common In the Frost Belt, and the man was taken aback to learn that gonif was a common Yiddish word. ..."

2. The Microscope: An Illustrated Monthly Designed to Popularize the Subject of ...Microscopy (1891)
"... Denmark; gonif nema Herculean uni. 40 cents each. $4.00 per. dos Single named species from 40 cents up. Type pia 50 species, $3.00. loo species, $6.00. ..."

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