gome

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/ɡʌm/

noun

A man.

OriginMiddle English gome ← Old English guma ← Proto-West Germanic *gumō →
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Meanings

noun
  1. Northern EnglandScotlandobsoleteA man.

    A gome gais to ane garet.

    a. 1500, The Knightly Tale of Golagros and Gawane
    2 more examples

    The King was glade of that golde, that the gome brought.

    1515, The Scottish Field

    Whan the stalwart gome strade ower the spait An' clasp'd me in the flude.

    1820, Scots Magazine

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
man

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeǵʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéǵʰōm
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰmṓ
  4. Proto-Germanic*gumô
  5. Proto-West Germanic*gumō
  6. Old Englishguma
  7. Middle Englishgome
  8. Englishgome

From Middle English gome (“man”), from Old English guma (“man”), from Proto-West Germanic *gumō, from Proto-Germanic *gumô (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ (“earthling”), shortened variant of *dʰǵʰm̥mō (“earthling”). Cognate to Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌰 (guma) and Latin homō. Doublet of hombre, homo, ombre, and omi. See also human.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with gome

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Sounds the same

gum

Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

“gome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gome. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gome.

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