gormless

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Lacking intelligence, sense or discernment, often implying lack of capacity of will to remedy the condition
Inexperienced, naïve, innocent to the point of foolishness
{s} idiotic, lacking intelligence, stupid
disapproval If you say that someone is gormless, you think that they are stupid because they do not understand things very well. very stupid (gaumless (18-20 centuries), from gaum (18-19 centuries), from gaumr )
British informal
gormless

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    gorm·less

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    Etymologie

    [ 'gorm-l&s ] (adjective.) 1883. From English dialectal gaum + suffix -less. Originally from Proto-Germanic *gaum- (“understand”). The ‘r’ found in this spelling is a vowel-lengthening device common in non-rhotic dialects of English.
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