Glaikit

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Senseless; silly, foolish. Northern-England, Scotland

    "All the same, he thought, Duror had the appearance of a drunk man, unshaven, slack-mouthed, mumbling, rather glaikit."

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"All the same, he thought, Duror had the appearance of a drunk man, unshaven, slack-mouthed, mumbling, rather glaikit."

Etymology

From Scots glaikit.

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