Gormless definition
Lacking intelligence or vitality; stupid or dull.
adjective
(brit., informal) Slow-witted; stupid.
adjective
(chiefly UK, of a person) Lacking intelligence, sense or discernment, often implying lack of capacity of will to remedy the condition.
adjective
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Origin of gormless
- From dialectal gawm sense from Middle English gome notice from Old Norse gaumr
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- 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.
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