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gormy

adjective /ˈɡɔːmi/

  1. Awkward, clumsy, klutzy, ungainly.

    And not always with finesse — the Lombard clanked and churned, and a man who is like a regular Lombard may be a bit gormy and sometimes apply brute strength when he might do the work easier if he'd stop and think a little.

Where it 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.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry gormy (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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