gaumless
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of gaumless
1740–50; dial. ( Scots, N England) gaum heed, attention ( Middle English gome < Old Norse gaumr; akin to Gothic gaumjan to observe) + -less
Example Sentences
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The main character is gaumless in the first chapters and a functioning human male at the end, simply because the author has decreed a character transplant.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ryder's attempts at decoration -- mirror frames, screens and so forth -- look naive and gaumless compared with the more polished work of Tiffany or John La Farge.
From Time Magazine Archive
What is it maks a gaumless muff Grow rich, an' roll i' lots o' stuff, Woll better men can't get enough?
From Yorkshire Ditties, Second Series To which is added The Cream of Wit and Humour from his Popular Writings by John Hartley
"They say he's no good at anything—a harmless mafflin; he was a long gaumless gawky when he went awa," said Richard Turnbull.
From J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
For all his bluster, he’s a gaumless nowt, With neither guts nor gall.
From Krindlesyke by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
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