glaikit

adj

glaikit

adj

Etymology Borrowed from Scots glaikit.

1

Northern England, Scotland Senseless; silly, foolish.

  • All the same, he thought, Duror had the appearance of a drunk man, unshaven, slack-mouthed, mumbling, rather glaikit.1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 86:
Derived terms
glaikitness

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