gorm

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɡɔːm/ Homophone: gaum (non-rhotic) (US) IPA(key): /ɡoɹm/ === Etymology 1 === A variant of gaum, from Middle English gome, from Old Norse gaumr, from Proto-Germanic *gaumō; compare Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaumjan, “observe”), and see gaum for more. The -r- was not originally pronounced but was a device used by non-rhotic dialects of English to indicate vowel length or quality (compare Burma, Myanmar, and juggernaut). ==== Alternative forms ==== gawm (UK dialects) ==== Verb ==== gorm (third-person singular simple present gorms, present participle gorming, simple past and past participle gormed) (UK and US, dialects) To gawk; to stare or gape. ===== Related terms ===== goam (“see, recognize, take notice of”) gaum (“understand; comprehend; consider”) === Etymology 2 === A variant of gaum (itself likely a variant of gum), with the ‘r’ being a vowel-lengthening device common in non-rhotic dialects of English. ==== Verb ==== gorm (third-person singular simple present gorms, present participle gorming, simple past and past participle gormed) Alternative form of gaum (“to smear”). For quotations using this term, see Citations:gorm. ==== References ==== Bennett Wood Green, Word-book of Virginia Folk-speech (1912), page 202: Gorm, v. To smear, as with anything sticky. When a child has smeared its face with something soft and sticky, they say: "Look how you have gormed your face." === Etymology 3 === From gormandize/gormandise. ==== Verb ==== gorm (third-person singular simple present gorms, present participle gorming, simple past and past participle gormed) (colloquial, rare) To devour; to wolf down (food). === Etymology 4 === Supposed by some to be related to gormless and/or gorming, and by others to be related to gorm (“smear”) (itself probably related to gum (“make sticky; impair the functioning of”)). ==== Alternative forms ==== gaum ==== Verb ==== gorm (third-person singular simple present gorms, present participle gorming, simple past and past participle gormed) (dialectal, chiefly Southern US, Appalachia, New England, often with ‘up’) To make a mess of. ==== References ==== Maine lingo: boiled owls, billdads & wazzats (1975), page 114: "A man who bungles a job has gormed it. Anybody who stumbles over his own feet is gormy." Smoky Mountain Voices: A Lexicon of Southern Appalachian Speech (1993, →ISBN: "gorm: [v. to make a mess.] If a house be in disorder it is said to be all gormed or gaumed up (B 368)." === See also === gormed === Anagrams === grom == Cornish == === Etymology === From Proto-Brythonic *gurm, from Proto-Celtic *gurmos, cognate with Welsh gwrm (“brown, dark”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɔrm/ === Adjective === gorm (comparative moy gorm) dark brown ==== Related terms ==== gell (“light brown”) === See also === === Mutation === == Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish gorm (“blue”), from Proto-Celtic *gurmos. Cognate with Welsh gwrm (“dusky”). === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɡoɾˠəmˠ/, /ˈɡʌɾˠəmˠ/ (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɡoɾˠəmˠ/ ~ /ˈɡɞɾˠəmˠ/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔɾˠəmˠ/ === Adjective === gorm (genitive singular masculine goirm, genitive singular feminine goirme, plural gorma, comparative goirme) blue black (of people, skin) (heraldry) azure ==== Declension ==== Obsolete spellings ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “gorm”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 562; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gorm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish gorm (“blue”), from Proto-Celtic *gurmos. Same root as Welsh gwrm (“dusky”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡ̊ɔrɔm/ === Adjective === gorm (comparative guirme) blue, dark blue green; blue-green to verdant (natural; of plants, especially grass) Synonym: glas green (inexperienced or naive) black, dark gray (of animal fur) black (of skin colour) ==== Usage notes ==== The use of gorm for animals or people refers to the colours reflected in the fur or skin, which can have a blue iridescence. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== gar === See also === === Mutation === === References === MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “gorm”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN