Gormless Definition
gôrmlĭs
adjective
Slow-witted; stupid.
Webster's New World
(chiefly UK, of a person) Lacking intelligence, sense or discernment, often implying lack of capacity of will to remedy the condition.
Wiktionary
(UK) Inexperienced, naïve, innocent to the point of foolishness.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- gaumless
Origin of Gormless
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From English dialectal gaum (“understanding”) + -less (“without”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gaumaz, *gaumō (“understand”). The ‘r’ found in this spelling is a vowel-lengthening device common in non-rhotic dialects of English.
From Wiktionary
From dialectal gawm sense from Middle English gome notice from Old Norse gaumr
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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