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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

glaikit en · ADJ

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots glaikit.

Meanings

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland) Senseless; silly, foolish.
    • All the same, he thought, Duror had the appearance of a drunk man, unshaven, slack-mouthed, mumbling, rather glaikit. 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 86:

Forms

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more glaikit Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most glaikit Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

glaikitness