different between formless vs gormless

English

Etymology

From form +? -less.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f??ml?s/

Adjective

formless (comparative more formless, superlative most formless)

1. Without form; shapeless.
   • 1985: Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, with a divine wind sweeping over the waters. — Genesis 1:2 (New Jerusalem Bible)
2. (not comparable) Without the use of forms or templates.
   • 2002, Christopher Tacke, Timothy Bassett, Embedded Visual Basic: Windows CE and Pocket PC Mobile Applications

     You'll be prompted with the New Project dialog (see Figure 1.11) from which you'll have at least two types of projects from which to choose: Windows CE for the Pocket PC Project and Windows CE Formless project.

Synonyms

• (shapeless): amorphous, shapeless; see also Thesaurus:amorphous

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• gaumless, gawmless

Etymology

From dialectal English gaum (“heed, attention”) +? -less (“without”), from Old Norse gaum, from Proto-Germanic *gaumaz, *gaum? (“heed, attention”). The ‘r’ found in this spelling is a vowel-lengthening device common in non-rhotic dialects of English.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????ml?s/

Adjective

gormless (comparative more gormless, superlative most gormless)

1. (chiefly Britain and Australia, of a person) Lacking intelligence, sense or understanding; foolish.

Synonyms

• (lacking intelligence): dull, slow, stupid; inexperienced, naive

Derived terms

• gormlessly, gormlessness

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