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goam
English
Etymology
Variant of gorm/gaum, which see for more.
Verb
goam (third-person singular simple present goams, present participle goaming, simple past and past participle goamed)
- (rare) To see, to recognize, to take notice of.
- 1866, The United Presbyterian magazine, page 359:
- One of Mr Scott's elders, who came from the west, used to meet Mrs Scott on her way to Jedburgh, when he never goamed her; but when he met her returning in the afternoon he always lifted his hat, and made obeisance.
- 1884, Charles Stuart, David Blythe: The Gipsy King : a Character Sketch, page 131:
- He never goamed the lassie afterwards, and, in his despair, he began to drink, and drank heavily. He knew his rival by sight, and, knowing the road he would take to reach his home, Scott waylaid and beat him to death on Greenlaw Muir.
- 1897, Peter Hay Hunter, John Armiger's Revenge, page 21:
- "He never goam'd me," the aggrieved countryman would say with much bitterness.
- 1866, The United Presbyterian magazine, page 359:
Related terms
- gorm (“gape, gawk”)
- gaum (“understand; comprehend; consider”)
Anagrams
- AMOG, GOMA, Goma, gamo-, ogam
Scots
Etymology
From the same Middle English word as gaum and gorm (and goam), which see for more.
Verb
goam (third-person singular present goams, present participle goamin, past goamt, past participle goamt)
- To see; to pay attention to.
- 1836, John Mackay Wilson, Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland:
- The puir creature paid the most marked attention to the young man, scarcely goaming me; but, for a' that, I could see plainly aneugh that she preferred me in her heart.
- 1836, John Mackay Wilson, Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland:
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gom
English
Etymology 1
From Irish gámaí (“booby, dolt”).
Alternative forms
- gawm
Noun
gom (plural goms)
- (Ireland) A foolish person.
- 1917, Mary Brigid Pearse, The Murphys of Ballystack (Dublin : M.H. Gill) p.139:
- “ Ye don’t how how to dhrive a mothor car ! ” shouted Miles, losing his temper completely. “ What a gom ye are ! ”
- 1926, Seán O'Casey, The Plough and the Stars, Act II, 173:
- Fluther: ... You must think Fluther's a right gom.
- 2013, Outrageous Pride ?ISBN
- He had a sinking feeling that he'd made a right gom of himself, hanging onto her until the last before she departed […]
- 2014, Martha Long, Ma, I'm Gettin Meself a New Mammy ?ISBN:
- "Yeah! She's a right gom! Sister Eleanor probably got her an old-age pensioner to keep her company for the Christmas!"
- 1917, Mary Brigid Pearse, The Murphys of Ballystack (Dublin : M.H. Gill) p.139:
Etymology 2
Variant of gum.
Noun
gom (plural goms)
- (Appalachia) Alternative form of gum
- 1911, Why moles have hands, in The Wit and Humor of America, edited by Marshall Pinckney Wilder, page 206:
- ev'y toof in his jaws gwine come bustin' thu his goms widout nair' a ache er a pain ter let him know dey's dar.
- 1911, Why moles have hands, in The Wit and Humor of America, edited by Marshall Pinckney Wilder, page 206:
Etymology 3
Minced oath.
Interjection
gom
- (obsolete, euphemistic) God!
- 1804, an entry in the Theatrical Journal of The European Magazine: And London Review, volume 45, page 373:
- There's a Lad, too, from York— but tho' he's a strange elf, / By gom! I respect him as much as myself,
- 1829, The Humours of Vauxhall, in The Universal Songster, Or Museum of Mirth, volume 2, page 164:
- O dang it, Roger, did 'e ever see sich a sight afore? My gom! what a glorious lumination like! My goles! what a mort of gentry-folk!
- 1861, The Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer, volumes 9-10, page 36:
- "l'll drink as much cider as you 'plase, but by gom, sir, you munna come here to bork the trees over again."
- 1908, Edmund Mackenzie Sneyd-Kynnersley, H. M. I.: Some Passages in the Life of One of H. M. Inspectors of Schools, page 224:
- Robert took courage : "Eh, by gom, no. It wasn't hereabouts."
- 1804, an entry in the Theatrical Journal of The European Magazine: And London Review, volume 45, page 373:
Anagrams
- GMO, O. M. G., O.M.G., OMG, mog, omg
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch gom, from Middle Dutch gomme, from Old French gomme, from Late Latin gumma, from earlier gummi, cummi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??m/
Noun
gom (uncountable)
- Gum, a viscous or sticky substance exuded by certain plants or produced synthetically.
Dutch
Alternative forms
- gum
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch gomme, from Old French gomme, from Late Latin gumma, from earlier gummi, cummi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??m/
- Hyphenation: gom
- Rhymes: -?m
Noun
gom m (plural gommen, diminutive gommetje n)
- gum, various viscous or sticky substances exuded by certain plants or produced synthetically.
- an object made from gum
- Dated spelling of gum (“eraser”).
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: gom
- ? Indonesian: gom
- ? Japanese: ??
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
gom
- first-person singular present indicative of gommen
- imperative of gommen
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English guma.
Noun
gom
- Alternative form of gome (“man”)
Etymology 2
From Old Norse gaumr.
Noun
gom
- Alternative form of gome (“regard”)
Etymology 3
From Anglo-Norman gome.
Noun
gom
- Alternative form of gumme
Rohingya
Verb
gom
- good
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kom ~ *koom (“to grow, to increase”); cognate with Bahnar ak?m/ak?m (“to meet together, to gather things”), Mon ???? (k?m, “to assemble, come together”) and Khmer ?????? (c?ngkaom, “bunch”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [??m??]
- (Hu?) IPA(key): [??m??]
- (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [??m??]
Verb
gom • (?)
- to gather together
Derived terms
Noun
gom
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Yola
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish gámaí.
Noun
gom
- idiot, fool
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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