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单词 gamphrel
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gamphreln.

Brit. /ˈɡamfrəl/, U.S. /ˈɡæmfrəl/, Scottish English /ˈɡamfrəl/, Irish English /ˈɡæmfrəl/
Forms: Scottish 1700s gramphrel, 1800s gamfrel, 1800s gamfrell, 1800s gomrell, 1900s– gamphrell; Irish English (northern) 1900s– gamfral, 1900s– gamfril, 1900s– gamful, 1900s– gampheral, 1900s– gamphril.
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Scots gamf , -rel suffix.
Etymology: Apparently < Scots gamf fool (although this is first attested later: see gamp adj.) + -rel suffix. Compare gomerel n.
Scottish and Irish English (northern). Now rare.
A stupid or foolish person; a fool, a blockhead, an idiot.
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1729 A. Ramsay Horse's Complaint in Poems II. 122 To Gallop with some Gamphrel idle.
1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry IV. Gloss. Gomrell, Gamfrell, thoughtless or foolish person.
1847 H. S. Riddell Poems, Songs & Misc. Pieces 310 Heigh me! is thus the gamfrel gane?
1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 143 Gamphrell.
1924 Northern Whig (Belfast) 5 Jan. Gamfril.
1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 139/2 Gamfril, gamfral, gamphril, gamful, gampheral, a fool, a clownish person.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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