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
Yon were gaumless words, and bitter did I rue iver having spokken 'em.
From More Tales of the Ridings by Moorman, Frederic William
Aw dooant say onny fellies has been;—tha should know th' best, but awm nawther blind nor gaumless.
From Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley by Hartley, John
What is it maks a gaumless muff Grow rich, an roll i' lots o' stuff, Woll better men can't get enough?
From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by Hartley, John
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