Dictionary

gaumless en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡɔːm.ləs/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, dialectal, not-comparable) Alternative spelling of gormless.
   alt of gormless
   • "What could put secna gaumless notion as that into yer heed?" "A gaumless notion!" iterated Spour, putting on a look of sincerity offended. 1835, “Derwentwater”, in The new British Novelist:
   • Oh, he'll call; does ta think 'at he's as gaumless as thee? 1902, Arthur Smith, The Doin's O' Jim O' Doads: Sketches of Lancashire Life, page 60:
   • […] an' shoo held up a bonny little lad abaat two days old, 'at stared at him as gaumless as gaumless could be, […] 1872, John Hartley, Yorkshire ditties, series 1 (reprint), page 126

Deriveds

gaumlessness