gormless

Signification (Anglais)

Lacking intelligence, sense or understanding; foolish.

Concepts

idiot

inexpérimenté

absurde

sot

stupide

sans expérience

puéril

Synonymes

foolish

stupid

gaumless

dumb

silly

dizzy

💫

dopey

dopy

dull

feebleminded

goon

goose

🪿

goosey

goosy

half-witted

light-headed

lunkhead

moron

nudnik

patsy

sap

simpleton

sucker

turkey

unfledged

unfunny

unintelligent

verdant

wet behind the ears

goofball

unweaned

airhead

nudnick

anserine

changeling

daft

dimwit

Traductions

dumm

doof

tardo

idiota

beschränkt

blöd

albern

dämlich

inexpert

unbegabt

unerfahren

sciocco

stupido

estúpid

beneit

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɡɔːmləs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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