Thursday 26th May
2016
Gormless \ [gawrm-lis]
adjective, Chiefly British Informal.
1. lacking in vitality or intelligence; stupid, dull, or clumsy.
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Quotes
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She was clearly a gormless girl, and just as clearly an ideal match for his
gormless grandson.
...Tom Sharpe, The Throwback 1978
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Origin
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Gormless is a variation on the earlier term gaumless, based on the Scots
and Northern English gaum meaning "heed, attention."
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