| Back | gaumless \GAWM-lis\ |
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| Front | adjective Lacking in vitality or intelligence; stupid, dull, or clumsy. [A variant spelling of gormless, gaumless first appeared in English in the mid-1700s from the now-outdated British term gome. When combined with the suffice -less the word literally means "devoid of understanding."] A little chuckle shook the Major, but he said regretfully: "Nay, I'm too gaumless." - Georgette Heyer, The Unknown Ajax, 1959 Gaumless, I reckon he was. When I saw I wasn't getting any of his gasper I left him there. - Jeremy Gavron, The Book of Israel, 2002 |
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