English

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.

Scots

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: glay-k-it

Noun

glaikit ‎(plural glaikits)

1. (pejorative) Alternative of glaik.

Adjective

glaikit ‎(comparative mair glaikit, superlative maist glaikit)

1. (pejorative) silly, foolish

   Whattan ane glaikit fool am I / To slay myself with melancholy. (Alexander Scott, ‘To Love Unluvit’)