English

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Etymology

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From gawk +‎ -some.

Adjective

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gawksome (comparative more gawksome, superlative most gawksome)

  1. Characterised or marked by gawking or gawkiness
    • 2008, Frank Luger, Herzenblut, page 219:
      You were gawksome, gamp and gainful []
    • 2009, J. D. Evans, Jason Murk, Occasionally: Collected Poems of J. D. Evans, page 5:
      I was the gawksome son with braces and a trombone he wrote about []