gormy
adj/ˈɡɔːmi/UK/ˈɡɔɹmi/US
Etymology
Either: * from gorm (“fool; one who is undiscerning”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’); or * a variant of gaumy (“awkward”), from gaum (“to stare idly or vacantly; to gape, gaze; to be awkward or stupid; a lout; a gaping, idle fellow”) + -y.
Definitions
Awkward, clumsy, klutzy, ungainly.
- And not always with finesse — the Lombard clanked and churned, and a man who is like a regular Lombard may be a bit gormy and sometimes apply brute strength when he might do the work easier if he'd stop and think a little.
- Kimball was never one to argue with a comrade's eyes and ears, not even those of a gormy jeezer like Connolly.
- The Killian boy was carrying a chair, and making difficulties with it; he was what old-time Yankees would have called "a gormy lad."
Alternative spelling of gaumy (“sticky, smeared with something sticky
Alternative spelling of gaumy (“sticky, smeared with something sticky; grimy”).
- The first thing you have got to do is to wash them gormy 'ands [...]
- When I bought my tamarinds I eat one or two and then discovered that I had left my handkerchief at home, my hands were a little gormy, so I washed them in Frog Pond.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA