Definitions For Gorm
Adjective
blue Of blue-green to verdant colour, when applied to plants.Derived terms
{{der3, gd, {{l, gd, bèist-ghorm, , common dolphin}}Related terms
{{l, gd, gar}}Etymology 1
A variant of gaum (from Middle English gome, from {{der, en, non, gaumr}}; compare {{cog, got, π²π°πΏπΌπΎπ°π½, , observe}}), with the βrβ being a vowel-lengthening device common in non-rhotic dialects of English. See gaum for more.Alternative forms
gawm {{qualifier, UK dialects}}Verb
{{en-verb}} (UK, and, US, dialects) To gawk; to stare or gape.Related terms
goam, gloss=see, recognize, take notice of gaum, gloss=understand; comprehend; considerEtymology 2
A variant of gaum (itself likely a variant of gum), with the βrβ being a vowel-lengthening device common in non-rhotic dialects of English.Verb
{{en-verb}} Alternate form of gaum, nodot=1 (to smear).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
{{en-verb}} (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).Smoky Mountain Voices: A Lexicon of Southern Appalachian Speech (1993, {{ISBN, 0813129583}}Alternative forms
gaumVerb
{{en-verb}} (dialectal, chiefly, Southern US, Appalachia, New England, often with βupβ) 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, 0813129583}}: "gorm: [v. to make a mess.] If a house be in disorder it is said to be all gormed or gaumed up (B 368)."Anagrams
gromEtymology
From {{inh, gd, sga, gorm, , blue}}, from {{inh, gd, cel-pro, *gurmos}}. Same root as {{cog, cy, gwrm, , dusky}}.Mutation
{{gd-mut-cons, g, orm}}See also
{{table:colors/gd}}References
{{R:MacBain}}Is Gorm a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
NO
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
7
Words with Friends
9
The word Gorm is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends