glaikit

or glaik·et

[ gley-kit ]

adjectiveChiefly Scot.

foolish; giddy; flighty.

Origin of glaikit

1400–50; 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 Brown
The 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

C15: of obscure origin

Derived forms of glaikit

glaikitness or glaiketness, noun

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