glaikit

English

Etymology

From Scots glaikit.

Adjective

glaikit (comparative more glaikit, superlative most glaikit)

1. (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.

Derived terms

• glaikitness

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡleɪkɪt/
• Hyphenation: glay‧kit

Noun

glaikit (plural glaikits)

1. Alternative form of glaik (“fool or eccentric”)

Adjective

glaikit (comparative mair glaikit, superlative maist glaikit)

1. (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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