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[wickedflea]

Wordsmith word of the day:

gormless (GORM-lis) adjective, also gaumless

Dull or stupid.

[From English dialectal gaum (attention or understanding), from Middle English gome, from Old Norse gaumr.]

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[buscemi.livejournal.com]

I've been trying to figure out a way to use that in a sentence. Sometimes I just like saying "gorm!" for no reason. Speaking of strange words, check this out:

http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=buscemi&itemid=247842

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

I'm wondering what the opposite of gormless is. Gormful? Gormly? Gormed? Gormish?