See Also: Gehenna(dictionary)

geezer (oh) and Gehenna (iou)


geezer (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Probably from Scottish English guiser 'person dressed in something that hides who they are', from English guise]
BrE a man
::I know this geezer.
AmE an old man

Gehenna (iou)



Gehenna noun. Also (earlier) in French form Gehenne. L15.
[French gehenne or its source, ecclesiastical Latin, from Hellenistic Greek geenna from Hebrew ge' hinnom hell, orig. the valley of Hinnom near Jerusalem where children were sacrificed (2 Kings 23:10).]
Hell; a place of burning, torment, and misery. L15.
A prison, esp. one where captives are tortured. Long rare. L16.