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gawmless

gawmless is the alternative spelling of gormless.

Meaning of gormless

Adjective

gormless (comparative more gormless, superlative most gormless)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) Lacking intelligence, sense or understanding; foolish.
    • Did I ever look so stupid: so gormless as Joseph calls it?1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], chapter XXI, in Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC

Questions about gawmless

What is gawmless the alternative spelling of?
Gawmless is the alternative spelling of gormless.

Words near gawmless in the dictionary

  1. Gawlik
  2. Gawliks
  3. gawm
  4. gawmed
  5. gawming
  6. gawmless
  7. gawms
  8. gawn
  9. Gawne
  10. Gawnes
  11. gawns

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