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gomeral

gomeral noun: fool, simpleton.

Noun

gomeral (plural gomerals)

  1. (Scotland, archaic) Fool, simpleton.
    • [...] to the apparent delectation of immense audiences of gaping gomerals, but to the intense disgust of all sensible people.1856, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art
    • "But, you gomeral, you belong to my class, and not to your own!" said the old lord, feeling, with a mixture of pain and amusement and impatience, his own ignorance before the superior and melancholy knowledge of life possessed by this boy.1875, The Story of Valentine, and his Brother, chapter XXXIX, in The Living Age, volume 124, page 563

Forms of gomeral

pluralgomerals
alternative formgomerel
alternative formgomeril

Origin of gomeral

Diminutive (by way of -rel) of Middle English gōme (“man, warrior, husband, male servant”), Old English guma (“male, hero”), from Proto-Germanic *gumô (“man, person”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ (“man, person”). More at groom.

Questions about gomeral

What does gomeral mean?
Gomeral means fool, simpleton.
What part of speech is gomeral?
Gomeral is a noun.
What is the plural of gomeral?
The plural of gomeral is gomerals.

Words near gomeral in the dictionary

  1. Gomeisa
  2. Gomel
  3. gomen
  4. gomens
  5. gomer
  6. gomeral
  7. gomerals
  8. Gomeran
  9. Gomerans
  10. gomere
  11. gomerel

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