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Definition of "yogh" []

  • The Middle English letter ȝ, used to represent the sound (y) and some velar consonants similar to the ch in German Bach and the r in French France. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "yogh" in a sentence
  • "(For þe same reason, we dropped þe old letters wynn - ƿ - and yogh - ȝ - þough þe latter survives in þe name of Sir Menȝies Campbell.)"
  • "Thus, I have devised a new health plan I am calling "triple-yogh days.""
  • "Maybe yogh, too, if we can all agree on what sound it represents."