Gaumish

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Intelligent, perceptive. UK, dialectal, not-comparable, rare

    "Those who happen to be deficient in that particular quality come in for no unfrequent reproofs and warnings from their more ‘gaumish’ fellows."

Example

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"Those who happen to be deficient in that particular quality come in for no unfrequent reproofs and warnings from their more ‘gaumish’ fellows."

Etymology

From gaum + -ish.

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