gauvison
gauvison is the alternative spelling of gorbuson.
Meaning of gorbuson
Noun
gorbuson (plural gorbusons)
- A stupid person; a simpleton; an idiot.
- When I got into the kitchen, my mother looks at me; 'Sam,' says she, 'what have you done with your waistcoat?' 'Why, noat,' says I, and I looked down at it; and, like a great gorbuson as I was, I had forgot to put it on, and there if I hadn't bin to church without my waistcoat.1836, Charles Hooton, The Adventures of Bilberry Thurland, volume 2, page 98
- Synonyms:
- idiot
Adjective
gauvison (comparative more gauvison, superlative most gauvison)
- Silly; foolish.
- At this inn we hear the Craven dialect in all its purity, but as a certain anonymous writer has said in that speech, "What a fearful girt gauvison mun he be at frames to larn th' talk of another country afore he parfitly knaws his awn," I will not attempt to transfer this peculiar language to print.1875, James Burnley, “A Run Through Craven”, in West Riding Sketches, pages 83–84
Forms of gauvison
| comparative | more gauvison |
|---|---|
| superlative | most gauvison |
Words formed from gauvison
- gauvey
- gauving
Questions about gauvison
- What does gauvison mean?
- Gauvison means silly; foolish.
- What is gauvison the alternative spelling of?
- Gauvison is the alternative spelling of gorbuson.
- What part of speech is gauvison?
- Gauvison is an adjective.
Words near gauvison in the dictionary
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