glaikit
English
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editglaikit (comparative more glaikit, superlative most glaikit)
- (Scotland, Northern England) Senseless; silly, foolish.
- 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 86:
- All the same, he thought, Duror had the appearance of a drunk man, unshaven, slack-mouthed, mumbling, rather glaikit.
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editNoun
editglaikit (plural glaikits)
- Alternative form of glaik (“fool or eccentric”)
Adjective
editglaikit (comparative mair glaikit, superlative maist glaikit)
- (derogatory) silly, foolish
- Whattan ane glaikit fool am I / To slay myself with melancholy. (Alexander Scott, ‘To Love Unluvit’)
- 2018, Chris McQueer, HWFG, 404Ink, published 2018, page 5:
- Her wee glaikit boyfriend just sits there starin intae space as wan ae the weans batters at his knee wi a wee toy motor.
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