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 2012, p. 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
  • Hyphenation: glay-k-it

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 2018, p. 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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