2. Adjective. clumsy, klutzy ¹
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Definition of Gormy
1. sticky [adj GORMIER, GORMIEST] - See also: sticky
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gormy
Literary usage of Gormy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"—CG Leland. Gorm, to (American university), to eat voraciously. gormy
ruddles (popular), the intestines. ..."
2. Alice-for-short: A Dichronism by William Frend De Morgan (1907)
"gormy colour. No drawin'!" "Man of property ?"—At this point Alice felt that the
conversation was carried on for a moment by facial expression. ..."
3. Dialect Notes by American Dialect Society (1896)
"folded : foaled. " The colt was folded at such a time." full as a tick : drunk.
Used also of fulness of any kind. get It over : get over it. Salem. gormy or ..."
4. A Glossary of Words Used in the Neighbourhood of Sheffield by Sidney Oldall Addy (1888)
"... a person who has a small allotment of land which he cultivates as a garden.
GAUBY FAIR, a statute fair for the hiring of servants. GAUMY [gormy] or ..."
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