Meanings
adjectivegaumless (not comparable)
- alternativedialectalnot comparableAlternative spelling of gormless.
Oh, he'll call; does ta think 'at he's as gaumless as thee?
1902, Arthur Smith, The Doin's O' Jim O' Doads: Sketches of Lancashire Life, page 602 more examples
"What could put secna gaumless notion as that into yer heed?" "A gaumless notion!" iterated Spour, putting on a look of sincerity offended.
1835, “Derwentwater”, in The new British Novelist[…] an' shoo held up a bonny little lad abaat two days old, 'at stared at him as gaumless as gaumless could be, […]
1872, John Hartley, Yorkshire ditties, series 1 (reprint), page 126
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