May. 22nd, 2013

gomerel

May. 22nd, 2013 07:25 am
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gomerel (GOM-er-uhl) - n., (Scot. & N. Eng.) a fool, a stupid or senseless person.


A gawp-faced idjit. Its root is obsolete gome, man, descended from Old English guma (cognate of Latin homo) + -rel, a pejorative suffix. It's not recorded till the early 19th century, though.

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