different between gormless vs normless
gormless
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)
- (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
Translations
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normless
English
Etymology
norm +? -less
Adjective
normless (not comparable)
- Lacking norms.
Derived terms
- normlessly
- normlessness
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