Množina: Gads

A son of Jacob and the traditional eponymous ancestor of one of the tribes of Israel

Množina: gads

1. A chisel or pointed iron or steel bar for loosening ore or rock
2 Chiefly dialect; a long stick

To wander about idly or in pursuit of pleasure.

Used as a mild oath.

Množina: Gadabas

1. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
2. The Dravidian language spoken by the Gadaba people.

Množina: gadabouts

A restless seeker after amusement or social companionship.

(1900-) German hermeneutic philosopher. In Truth and Method 1960, he argued that “understanding” is fundamental to human existence, and that all understanding takes place within a tradition. The relation between text and interpreter can be viewed as a dialogue, in which the interpreter must remain open to the truth of the text.

Množina: Gadaras

Town of ancient Palestine SE of Sea of Galilee.

Headlong; precipitate.

Alternative form of Khaddhafi, Libyan leader.

Množina: gaddis

A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
Italian family of artists. Gaddo (b. c. 1260; d. 1332) was a painter and mosaic worker, a friend of Cimabue, whose influence has been perceived in the Coronation of the Virgin with Saints and Angels, a mosaic in the cathedral at Florence attributed to Gaddo. Other works attributed to him are the mosaics in Santa Maria Maggiore and those of the choir of the old St Peter’s, Rome. His son, Taddeo (b. c. 1300; d. 1366) was a pupil of Giotto and is considered one of his most important followers. His paintings include the frescoes Virgin and Child between Four Prophets and other scenes from the life of the Virgin in the Baroncelli Chapel in Santa Croce at Florence, 1332, as well as works at Pisa, Pistoia and in various galleries. The son of Taddeo, Agnolo (active 1369; d. 1396), perhaps trained by his father, was placed on the latter’s death in the care of Jacopo del Casentino and Giovanni da Milano. He worked in the Vatican 1369, probably with his brother Giovanni. Frescoes in Santa Croce depicting the legend of t
he Cross, and in the cathedral of Prato, 1392–95, representing the legends of the Virgin and the Sacred Girdle, are attributed to him. He died while working on an altarpiece for San Miniato. He employed a number of assistants, and Cennino Cennini was among his pupils, embodying the methods of the followers of Giotto in his famous treatise.

(1922-) US novelist. He is a distinctive and satirical stylist of non-psychological work, often written on a vast, perplexing scale. His first novel, The Recognitions 1955, explores the idea of forgery in social and sexual relations and in art. It was followed by the encyclopedic JR 1975, written entirely in dialogue, which deals with money and power, and Carpenter’s Gothic 1985.