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Definition of Gomeril
1. gomeral [n -S] - See also: gomeral
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gomeril
Literary usage of Gomeril
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Legal Observer, Digest, and Journal of Jurisprudence (1850)
"It appeared that a Mr. gomeril had employed Mr. Padwick as his solicitor, ...
Mr. gomeril then went to Messrs. Hall, the solicitors for his grandfather, ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1890)
"Carlyle describes him as talking and behaving like a " gomeril", ... The king of
a school higher than Scott's and the veriest gomeril—these surely, ..."
3. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by George Saintsbury (1890)
"Carlyle describes him as talking and behaving like a " gomeril," and amusing the
... _ 1i • The king of a school higher than Scott's and the veriest gomeril ..."
4. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"gomeril, a fool, a loud -talking fool; from the Gaelic ... He's naught but
a,gomeril, never tired of talking. ..."
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