gormy
形容词 adj.
英 /ˈɡɔːmi/
美 /ˈɡɔɹmi/
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Awkward, clumsy, klutzy, ungainly.
— And not always with finesse — the Lombard clanked and churned, and a man who is like a regular Lombard may be a bit gormy and sometimes apply brute strength when he might do the work easier if he'd stop and think a little.
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Alternative spelling of gaumy (“sticky, smeared with something sticky; grimy”).
— The first thing you have got to do is to wash them gormy 'ands [...]
词源
词源 1
Either:
* from gorm (“fool; one who is undiscerning”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’); or
* a variant of gaumy (“awkward”), from gaum (“to stare idly or vacantly; to gape, gaze; to be awkward or stupid; a lout; a gaping, idle fellow”) + -y.
* from gorm (“fool; one who is undiscerning”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’); or
* a variant of gaumy (“awkward”), from gaum (“to stare idly or vacantly; to gape, gaze; to be awkward or stupid; a lout; a gaping, idle fellow”) + -y.
词源 2
From gorm, gaum (“to smear; grime (noun)”) + -y.
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