Definition of Gormy

1. Adjective. like a smear or daub ¹

2. Adjective. clumsy, klutzy ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gormy

1. sticky [adj GORMIER, GORMIEST] - See also: sticky

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gormy

gormandizer
gormandizers
gormandizes
gormandizing
gormands
gormanite
gormanites
gormed
gormier
gormiest
gorming
gormless
gormlessly
gormlessness
gorms
gormy (current term)
gornos
gorondou
goroon shell
goropism
goroutine
goroutines
gorp
gorped
gorping
gorps
gorry
gorse
gorsedd

Literary usage of Gormy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"—CG Leland. Gorm, to (American university), to eat voraciously. gormy ruddles (popular), the intestines. ..."

2. Alice-for-short: A Dichronism by William Frend De Morgan (1907)
"gormy colour. No drawin'!" "Man of property ?"—At this point Alice felt that the conversation was carried on for a moment by facial expression. ..."

3. Dialect Notes by American Dialect Society (1896)
"folded : foaled. " The colt was folded at such a time." full as a tick : drunk. Used also of fulness of any kind. get It over : get over it. Salem. gormy or ..."

4. A Glossary of Words Used in the Neighbourhood of Sheffield by Sidney Oldall Addy (1888)
"... a person who has a small allotment of land which he cultivates as a garden. GAUBY FAIR, a statute fair for the hiring of servants. GAUMY [gormy] or ..."

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