gormless

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von gormless im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

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Englisch - Englisch

Definition von gormless im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

Lacking intelligence, sense or discernment, often implying lack of capacity of will to remedy the condition

Inexperienced, naïve, innocent to the point of foolishness

{s} idiotic, lacking intelligence, stupid

disapproval If you say that someone is gormless, you think that they are stupid because they do not understand things very well. very stupid (gaumless (18-20 centuries), from gaum (18-19 centuries), from gaumr )

British informal

Silbentrennung

gorm·less

Synonyme

dull, slow, stupid, inexperienced, naive

Etymologie

[ 'gorm-l&s ] (adjective.) 1883. From English dialectal gaum + suffix -less. Originally from Proto-Germanic *gaum- (“understand”). The ‘r’ found in this spelling is a vowel-lengthening device common in non-rhotic dialects of English.