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I Gaumless Gawm Lis Adjective Lacking Vitality Intelligence Stupid

The adjective "gaumless" means lacking in vitality or intelligence, signifying stupidity, dullness, or clumsiness.

Adjektivet "gaumless" betyder att sakna vitalitet eller intelligens, det vill säga dumt, trögt eller klumpigt.

Back gaumless \GAWM-lis\
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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[A variant spelling of gormless, gaumless first appeared in English in the mid-1700s from the now-outdated British term gome.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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