noun
Meaning 1
Fool, simpleton.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, archaic
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Standard Lemma guide
gomeral
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dheǵh- Proto-Indo-European *-ōm Proto-Indo-European *dhéǵhōm Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *ǵhmṓ Proto-Germanic *gumô Proto-West Germanic *gumō Old English guma Middle English gome English -rel English gomeral Diminutive (by way of -rel) of Middle English gōme (“man, warrior, husband, male servant”), Old English guma (“male, hero”), from Proto-Germanic *gumô (“man, person”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵhmṓ (“man, person”). More at groom.