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gaumy

adj
/ˈɡɔː.mi/

Etymology

From gaum + -y, from gaum (“to smear”), which see for more.

  1. derived from *gomen✻
  2. derived from *gʰowe-✻
  3. derived from *gaumō✻
  4. derived from gaum
  5. derived from gome
  6. suffixed as gaumy — “gaum + y”

Definitions

  1. Sticky

    Sticky; smeared with something sticky.

    • The narrow, dark stairs are gaumy with paste, and everywhere open barrels of the mixture gave out the sickening, sour odor that is always in the nostrils of the workers.
    • And Fothergil Finch, rather gaumy With Cosmic cosmetics, was there, But the Swami went just as the Swami, After oiling the kinks in his hair. I said to Hermione: "Goddess! You're graceful, you're Greek, you're a rose, […]"
    • Far from being gaumy with pitch, they looked rather remarkably smooth and well manicured.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA