gormless
pronunciation
How to pronounce gormless in British English:
UK [ˈgɔ:mləs]
How to pronounce gormless in American English:
US [ˈgɔrmləs]
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- Adjective:
- British informal
Word Origin
- gormless (adj.)
- c. 1746, also in early use gaumless, gawmless, "wanting sense, stupid," a British dialectal word, from gome "notice, understanding" (c. 1200), from Old Norse gaumr "care, heed" (of unknown origin); + -less.
Example
- 1. The first time I did this , I was horrified at how gormless the pupils seemed .
- 2. Blogger grrlscientist , who prefers her real-life identity to remain private , thinks the decision to delete her account was " gormless " .
- 3. In his 1964 film dr strangelove or : how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb , a us president , his gormless generals and a mad former-nazi rocket scientist take the world to the brink of nuclear war .