Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gaumish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gau-mish
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Intelligent, perceptive.

British usage

Example Sentences

"Those who happen to be deficient in that particular quality come in for no unfrequent reproofs and warnings from their more ‘gaumish’ fellows."
"An assistant in a grocer's establishment at Middlesbrough — a gaumish young fellow — told me that when he was in a shop at Whitby they had engaged the services of an assistant who was totally unaccustomed to their mode of speech."
"Dan, a gaumish, freckled youth, grinned sheepishly and said 'Tank ye' at intervals for no apparent reason."

Etymology

From gaum + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: gaum

Usage

British usage

Questions

What does gaumish mean?: Intelligent, perceptive.
Where does gaumish come from?: From gaum + -ish.

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