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English
Etymology
From Scots glaikit.
Adjective
glaikit (comparative more glaikit, superlative most glaikit)
- (Scotland, Northern England) Senseless; silly, foolish.
1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 86:All the same, he thought, Duror had the appearance of a drunk man, unshaven, slack-mouthed, mumbling, rather glaikit.
Derived terms
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡleɪkɪt/
- Hyphenation: glay‧kit
Noun
glaikit (plural glaikits)
- Alternative form of glaik (“fool or eccentric”)
Adjective
glaikit (comparative mair glaikit, superlative maist glaikit)
- (derogatory) silly, foolish
- Whattan ane glaikit fool am I / To slay myself with melancholy. (Alexander Scott, ‘To Love Unluvit’)
2018, Chris McQueer, HWFG, 404Ink, published 2018, page 5:Her wee glaikit boyfriend just sits there starin intae space as wan ae the weans batters at his knee wi a wee toy motor.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)