glaikit
or glaik·et
[ gley-kit ]
adjectiveChiefly Scot.
foolish; giddy; flighty.
Origin of glaikit
11400–50; late Middle English < ?
Words Nearby glaikit
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How to use glaikit in a sentence
They were of the glaikit kind ye can always hear loang before ye see.
The House with the Green Shutters | George Douglas BrownThe glaikit limmers, will they no be content wi their ain game, but maun turn common thieves?
At War with Society or, Tales of the Outcasts | James McLevy
British Dictionary definitions for glaikit
glaikit
glaiket
/ (ˈɡleɪkɪt) /
adjective
Scot foolish; silly; thoughtless: a glaiket expression
Origin of glaikit
1C15: of obscure origin
Derived forms of glaikit
- glaikitness or glaiketness, noun
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