gomere
gomere noun: a female gomer; a female hospital patient who is unpleasant to treat or who does not respond to treatment.
Noun
gomere (plural gomeres)
- A female gomer; a female hospital patient who is unpleasant to treat or who does not respond to treatment.
- Ina Goober, whom I admitted six times last year. A gomer, or rather, the feminine, gomere.1978, Samuel Shem, The House of God, page 38
- "Did you buff that gomere?" "Sure thing, I buffed her, and they turfed her to urology, but she bounced back to me!"1996, Jeffrey E. Nash, James M. Calonico, The Meaning of Social Interaction: An Introduction to Social Psychology, page 139
Forms of gomere
| plural | gomeres |
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Origin of gomere
From gomer "an undesirable hospital patient", with French -e, by analogy to feminine nouns in French, such as cuisinière.
Questions about gomere
- What does gomere mean?
- Gomere means a female gomer; a female hospital patient who is unpleasant to treat or who does not respond to treatment.
- What part of speech is gomere?
- Gomere is a noun.
- What is the plural of gomere?
- The plural of gomere is gomeres.
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