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gormless

adj
/ˈɡɔːmləs/UK

Etymology

From dialectal English gaum (“heed, attention”) + -less (“without”), from Old Norse gaum, from Proto-Germanic *gaumaz, *gaumō (“heed, attention”). The ‘r’ found in this spelling is a vowel-lengthening device common in non-rhotic dialects of English.

  1. derived from *gaumaz✻
  2. derived from gaum

Definitions

  1. Lacking intelligence, sense or understanding

    Lacking intelligence, sense or understanding; foolish.

    • Did I ever look so stupid: so gormless as Joseph calls it?
    • But Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood were both so gormless and so wrapped up in their own silly little lives that they failed to notice anything unusual about their daughter.
    • There was a sort of gormless unstoppability about him that she found rather fascinating.

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