gaumish
(UK, dialectal, rare) Intelligent, perceptive.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
(UK, dialectal, rare) Intelligent, perceptive.
Those who happen to be deficient in that particular quality come in for no unfrequent reproofs and warnings from their more ‘gaumish’ fellows.
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