† gomern.¹

Forms: Old English–Middle English gomor, Middle English goomor, 1500s–1600s gomer.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin gomor (Vulgate) < Hellenistic Greek γομόρ (Septuagint) < Hebrew ʿōmer (see omer n.).Hebrew ʿ , normally untransliterated, is occasionally rendered by g in the Septuagint, and hence in the Vulgate (it has been retained in English in a few words such as Gomorrah ). 16th-cent. versions usually adopted forms with ʿ untransliterated, and hence the present word was replaced by omer n.

Obsolete.

A Hebrew measure = omer n.; sometimes confused with homer n.¹

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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > specific liquid or dry units > Hebrew units

gomerc1000

cora1425

homer1530

omer1560

c1000 Ælfric Exodus xvi. 16 An gemetfæt full, þe hig gomor heton.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xvi. 22 Thei gadreden..two gomors bi eche man.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxviii. 1374 Gomor is a mesure of fourty modius, as Ysider seith.

c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 1832 And ilk one b[r]ot o Gomor of manna home.

1530 Bible (Tyndale) Exod. xvi. f. xxx And a Gomer is the tenth parte of an Epha.

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 353 They had two gomers full.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 102 Nor satisfied with his Gomer of Manna.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

Gomern.²

Brit.

/ˈɡəʊmə/, U.S.

/ˈɡoʊmər/

Etymology: < the name of the inventor, a French officer under Napoleon I.

Gomer chamber, a conical chamber with spherical bottom used in smooth-bore guns and mortars. Hence Gomer-chambered, Gomer mortar, etc.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > bore > chamber > specific

Gomer chamber1828

1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 135 To find the Content of a Gomer, or other Conical Chamber.

1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 211 The use of the Gomer form of chamber, is nearly universal in brass guns.

1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 88 Cartridges for ‘Gomer’ Chambered Guns.

1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 92 8-inch Gomer mortars.

1876 in G. E. Voyle Mil. Dict.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gomern.³

Brit.

/ˈɡəʊmə/, U.S.

/ˈɡoʊmər/

Forms: 1900s– gomar, 1900s– Gomer, 1900s– gomer, 1900s– goomer.

Origin: Probably from a proper name. Etymon: proper name Gomer.

Etymology: Probably originally < the name of Gomer Pyle, U.S. television character portrayed as an ignorant rustic (introduced in The Andy Griffith Show (first broadcast in 1960 on CBS), later featured in Gomer Pyle, USMC (first broadcast in 1964 on CBS); for a fuller discussion, see Amer. Speech (1989) 64 153–6. In sense 2 often explained as an acronym < the initial letters of get out of my emergency room, but this is likely to be a later rationalization.

slang (derogatory).

1. Originally and chiefly U.S. Military.

a. An inept or stupid colleague, esp. a trainee; (also) a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.

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1967 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang (new ed.) Suppl. 687/1 Gomer, gomar, a first-year or naive Air Force cadet.

1991 L. Reinberg In Field 95/1 Gomer, army nickname for a marine.

1992 Wall St. Jrnl. 29 Dec. a4/6 Their lieutenant later criticizes the corporal, but they ignore him. (‘He's a Gomer. Get us all killed someday,’ says one squad member.)

b. An enemy soldier, an adversary in combat or in combat training; (originally and esp.) a member or supporter of the North Vietnamese forces during the Vietnam War.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] > enemy

foemaneOE

foec1275

enemy1393

alien enemy1579

foemate1592

gomer1978

1978 T. Carroll & P. J. O'Rourke in National Lampoon July 67/1 Goomers,..our enemies.

1987 H. Zeybel Gunship 172 Some non-Christian Gomers who couldn't speak English Were shooting at us with a Communist gun.

2000 T. Clancy Bear & Dragon li. 795 He'd gotten four kills over Saudi the previous year, drowning those poor dumb ragheaded gomers who flew for the country that had brought biological warfare to his own nation.

2. U.S. Among members of the medical profession: a difficult or disagreeable patient, esp. an elderly one.V. George and A. Dundes, in The Gomer: A Figure of American Hospital Folk Speech, Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 91 571–2, cite (without quoting) an example collected from a nurse in December 1964.

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the world > health and disease > healing > patient > [noun] > others

private patient1754

panel patient1913

mental patient1916

inactivator1957

responaut1964

gomer1972

1972 M. Olshan in National Lampoon July 76/3 Gomer, a senile, messy, or highly unpleasant patient.

1978 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 91 580 The gomer is considered to be a Medicare abuser... The personal hygiene and habits of the gomer are so repugnant and distasteful as to prove offensive even to the most hardened and dispassionate staff member.

1982 M. Medved Hospital 215 The gomers are so sick, their lives are so miserable, that we're not doing them any favors by keeping them alive.

2001 N.Y. Times 13 May iv. 7/2 Gomer, any undesirable patient, usually one that is unkempt, demented, combative or any combination of the above.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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单词	gomer
释义	† gomern.¹ Forms: Old English–Middle English gomor, Middle English goomor, 1500s–1600s gomer. Etymology: < post-classical Latin gomor (Vulgate) < Hellenistic Greek γομόρ (Septuagint) < Hebrew ʿōmer (see omer n.).Hebrew ʿ , normally untransliterated, is occasionally rendered by g in the Septuagint, and hence in the Vulgate (it has been retained in English in a few words such as Gomorrah ). 16th-cent. versions usually adopted forms with ʿ untransliterated, and hence the present word was replaced by omer n. Obsolete. A Hebrew measure = omer n.; sometimes confused with homer n.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > specific liquid or dry units > Hebrew units gomerc1000 cora1425 homer1530 omer1560 c1000 Ælfric Exodus xvi. 16 An gemetfæt full, þe hig gomor heton. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xvi. 22 Thei gadreden..two gomors bi eche man. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxviii. 1374 Gomor is a mesure of fourty modius, as Ysider seith. c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 1832 And ilk one b[r]ot o Gomor of manna home. 1530 Bible (Tyndale) Exod. xvi. f. xxx And a Gomer is the tenth parte of an Epha. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 353 They had two gomers full. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 102 Nor satisfied with his Gomer of Manna. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). Gomern.² Brit. /ˈɡəʊmə/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊmər/ Etymology: < the name of the inventor, a French officer under Napoleon I. Gomer chamber, a conical chamber with spherical bottom used in smooth-bore guns and mortars. Hence Gomer-chambered, Gomer mortar, etc. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > bore > chamber > specific Gomer chamber1828 1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 135 To find the Content of a Gomer, or other Conical Chamber. 1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 211 The use of the Gomer form of chamber, is nearly universal in brass guns. 1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 88 Cartridges for ‘Gomer’ Chambered Guns. 1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 92 8-inch Gomer mortars. 1876 in G. E. Voyle Mil. Dict. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gomern.³ Brit. /ˈɡəʊmə/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊmər/ Forms: 1900s– gomar, 1900s– Gomer, 1900s– gomer, 1900s– goomer. Origin: Probably from a proper name. Etymon: proper name Gomer. Etymology: Probably originally < the name of Gomer Pyle, U.S. television character portrayed as an ignorant rustic (introduced in The Andy Griffith Show (first broadcast in 1960 on CBS), later featured in Gomer Pyle, USMC (first broadcast in 1964 on CBS); for a fuller discussion, see Amer. Speech (1989) 64 153–6. In sense 2 often explained as an acronym < the initial letters of get out of my emergency room, but this is likely to be a later rationalization. slang (derogatory). 1. Originally and chiefly U.S. Military. a. An inept or stupid colleague, esp. a trainee; (also) a member of the U.S. Marine Corps. ΚΠ 1967 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang (new ed.) Suppl. 687/1 Gomer, gomar, a first-year or naive Air Force cadet. 1991 L. Reinberg In Field 95/1 Gomer, army nickname for a marine. 1992 Wall St. Jrnl. 29 Dec. a4/6 Their lieutenant later criticizes the corporal, but they ignore him. (‘He's a Gomer. Get us all killed someday,’ says one squad member.) b. An enemy soldier, an adversary in combat or in combat training; (originally and esp.) a member or supporter of the North Vietnamese forces during the Vietnam War. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] > enemy foemaneOE foec1275 enemy1393 alien enemy1579 foemate1592 gomer1978 1978 T. Carroll & P. J. O'Rourke in National Lampoon July 67/1 Goomers,..our enemies. 1987 H. Zeybel Gunship 172 Some non-Christian Gomers who couldn't speak English Were shooting at us with a Communist gun. 2000 T. Clancy Bear & Dragon li. 795 He'd gotten four kills over Saudi the previous year, drowning those poor dumb ragheaded gomers who flew for the country that had brought biological warfare to his own nation. 2. U.S. Among members of the medical profession: a difficult or disagreeable patient, esp. an elderly one.V. George and A. Dundes, in The Gomer: A Figure of American Hospital Folk Speech, Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 91 571–2, cite (without quoting) an example collected from a nurse in December 1964. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > patient > [noun] > others private patient1754 panel patient1913 mental patient1916 inactivator1957 responaut1964 gomer1972 1972 M. Olshan in National Lampoon July 76/3 Gomer, a senile, messy, or highly unpleasant patient. 1978 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 91 580 The gomer is considered to be a Medicare abuser... The personal hygiene and habits of the gomer are so repugnant and distasteful as to prove offensive even to the most hardened and dispassionate staff member. 1982 M. Medved Hospital 215 The gomers are so sick, their lives are so miserable, that we're not doing them any favors by keeping them alive. 2001 N.Y. Times 13 May iv. 7/2 Gomer, any undesirable patient, usually one that is unkempt, demented, combative or any combination of the above. 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