gom
English
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
Noun
gom (plural goms)
- (Ireland) A foolish person.
- 1917, Mary Brigid Pearse, The Murphys of Ballystack (Dublin : M.H. Gill) p.139:
- “ Ye don’t how how to dhrive a mothor car ! ” shouted Miles, losing his temper completely. “ What a gom ye are ! ”
- 1926, Seán O'Casey, The Plough and the Stars, Act II, 173:
- Fluther: ... You must think Fluther's a right gom.
- 2007, John Maher, The Luck Penny, page 145:
- And that's the why I made up my mind to go out to Willie Hill's. To stand my ground in front of that little minx. Because I felt, to tell the God's truth, that little Lorna Lovegrove, out in Willie Hill's, was making a right gom out of me.
- 2013, Outrageous Pride →ISBN
- He had a sinking feeling that he'd made a right gom of himself, hanging onto her until the last before she departed […]
- 2014, Martha Long, Ma, I'm Gettin Meself a New Mammy →ISBN:
- "Yeah! She's a right gom! Sister Eleanor probably got her an old-age pensioner to keep her company for the Christmas!"
- 1917, Mary Brigid Pearse, The Murphys of Ballystack (Dublin : M.H. Gill) p.139:
Etymology 2
Variant of gum.
Noun
gom (plural goms)
- (Appalachia) Alternative form of gum
- 1911, Why moles have hands, in The Wit and Humor of America, edited by Marshall Pinckney Wilder, page 206:
- ev'y toof in his jaws gwine come bustin' thu his goms widout nair' a ache er a pain ter let him know dey's dar.
- 1911, Why moles have hands, in The Wit and Humor of America, edited by Marshall Pinckney Wilder, page 206:
Etymology 3
Minced oath.
Interjection
gom
- (obsolete, euphemistic) God!
- 1804, an entry in the Theatrical Journal of The European Magazine: And London Review, volume 45, page 373:
- There's a Lad, too, from York— but tho' he's a strange elf, / By gom! I respect him as much as myself,
- 1829, The Humours of Vauxhall, in The Universal Songster, Or Museum of Mirth, volume 2, page 164:
- O dang it, Roger, did 'e ever see sich a sight afore? My gom! what a glorious lumination like! My goles! what a mort of gentry-folk!
- 1861, The Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer, volumes 9-10, page 36:
- "l'll drink as much cider as you 'plase, but by gom, sir, you munna come here to bork the trees over again."
- 1908, Edmund Mackenzie Sneyd-Kynnersley, H. M. I.: Some Passages in the Life of One of H. M. Inspectors of Schools, page 224:
- Robert took courage : "Eh, by gom, no. It wasn't hereabouts."
- 1804, an entry in the Theatrical Journal of The European Magazine: And London Review, volume 45, page 373:
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Etymology
From Dutch gom, from Middle Dutch gomme, from Old French gomme, from Late Latin gumma, from earlier gummi, cummi.
Pronunciation
Noun
gom (uncountable)
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gomme, from Old French gomme, from Late Latin gumma, from earlier gummi, cummi.
Pronunciation
Noun
gom m (plural gommen, diminutive gommetje n)
- gum, various viscous or sticky substances exuded by certain plants or produced synthetically.
- an object made from/with it, especially:
- (dated, now gum) an eraser, used to delete markings by rubbing off the ink etc.
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
gom
- (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of gommen
- (deprecated template usage) imperative of gommen
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English guma.
Noun
gom
- Alternative form of gome (“man”)
Etymology 2
Noun
gom
- Alternative form of gome (“regard”)
Etymology 3
From Anglo-Norman gome.
Noun
gom
- Alternative form of gumme
Rohingya
Verb
gom
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kom ~ *koom (“to grow, to increase”); cognate with Bahnar akŏm/akŭm (“to meet together, to gather things”), Mon ကောံ (kɒm, “to assemble, come together”) and Khmer ចង្កោម (cɑngkaom, “bunch”).
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Noun
gom
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