Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaumy
Literary usage of Gaumy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... Sylvia s Lovers, xv. gaumy (gà'mi), a. ... It shows Wilkie designing with
admirable vigour, but the execution is vicious and gaumy. ..."
2. The Louisiana Historical Quarterly by Henry Plauché Dart, 1858- ed, John Dymond, d. 1922 ed, Louisiana Historical Society (1922)
"Attorney General Fleuriau reviews the affairs of late gaumy alias La Riviere,
who died at Natchez while on business for the Company (contract of timber), ..."
3. Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs by Arthur Benoni Evans (1881)
"gaumy, adj. gummy; sticky. Gaunt, adj. emaciated; cadaverous; reduced in strength
as well as flesh; thin. " He looks as gaunt and pin'd as he that spent A ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... Sylvia s Lovers, xv. gaumy (gà'mi), a. ... It shows Wilkie designing with
admirable vigour, but the execution is vicious and gaumy. ..."
5. The Louisiana Historical Quarterly by Henry Plauché Dart, 1858- ed, John Dymond, d. 1922 ed, Louisiana Historical Society (1922)
"Attorney General Fleuriau reviews the affairs of late gaumy alias La Riviere,
who died at Natchez while on business for the Company (contract of timber), ..."
6. Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs by Arthur Benoni Evans (1881)
"gaumy, adj. gummy; sticky. Gaunt, adj. emaciated; cadaverous; reduced in strength
as well as flesh; thin. " He looks as gaunt and pin'd as he that spent A ..."
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