gawmless

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English

Adjective

gawmless (not comparable)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative spelling of gormless
    • 1881, Edwin Waugh, Tufts of Heather, volume 1, page 201:
      "Jenny, bring him a cheer, lass. Thae stons theer as gawmless as a boother-stone!"
    • 1916, William Riley, Netherleigh, page 132:
      Ye see I wor as gawmless as our 'Arriet when I wor a lass, but I mended faster.