ogin

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unclear. Among various suggestions, it may be a corrupted form of hogwash (“swill”),[1] of noggin (“a small measure of an alcoholic drink”),[2] or of ocean.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑɡɪn/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒɡɪn/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒɡɪn
  • Hyphenation: o‧gin

Noun

ogin

  1. (UK, chiefly nautical and navy) A large body of water including the sea or the ocean.
    • 2004 April 6, DannyBoy, “Man Overboard Statistics....”, in uk.rec.sailing (Usenet):
      Nobody has yet put up a suitable argument for *never* going into the ogin to help someone who can't raise their own head above the surface...

References

  1. ^ “oggin”, in Chambers 21st Century Dictionary‎[1], 11 February 2015 (last accessed), archived from the original on 4 March 2016
  2. ^ “oggin, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2004.

Anagrams

Swedish

Etymology

o- (“un-”) +‎ gen (“willing (obsolete)”)

Adjective

ogin (comparative oginare, superlative oginast)

  1. (expressing being) overly unaccommodating or unwilling to grant (a person or the like) something; disobliging, grudging, unwilling, ungenerous, etc.
    Som lokalpatriot föredrar jag det lokala kebabhaket. Men grannstadens kebabhak är grymt det med. Jag vill inte vara ogin.
    As a hometown boy, I prefer the local kebab joint. But the neighboring town's kebab joint is awesome too. I don't want to be (pettily) ungenerous.
    En spelledare får inte vara ogin
    A game master must not be too unaccommodating
    Nu är du bara ogin
    Now you're just being disobliging
  2. stingy, ungenerous

Declension

Inflection of ogin
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular ogin oginare oginast
neuter singular ogint oginare oginast
plural ogina oginare oginast
masculine plural2 ogine oginare oginast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 ogine oginare oginaste
all ogina oginare oginaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

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