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gormy.

Awkward, clumsy, klutzy, ungainly.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈɡɔːmi/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɡɔɹmi/General-American
  1. Awkward, clumsy, klutzy, ungainly.

    New-England · Northern-England · UK · US · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Either: * from gorm (“fool; one who is undiscerning”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’); or * a variant of gaumy (“awkward”), from gaum (“to stare idly or vacantly; to gape, gaze; to be awkward or stupid; a lout; a gaping, idle fellow”) + -y.

adj/ˈɡɔːmi/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɡɔɹmi/General-American
  1. Alternative spelling of gaumy (“sticky, smeared with something sticky; grimy”).

    Southern-US · UK · US · alt-of · alternative · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From gorm, gaum (“to smear; grime (noun)”) + -y.

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