Goom

From Middle English goom, gome, from Old English guma ("man, lord, hero"), from Proto-Germanic *gumô ("man"), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰm̥mō. Cognate with Scots gome ("man"), Norwegian gume ("man"), Icelandic gumi ("man"), Latin homo ("man").

Alternative forms

• gome, gom

Full definition of goom

Noun

1. (now chiefly dialectal) A man.
• 1515, the Scottish Field:The king was glade of that golde, that the gome brought, And promised him full pertly, his part for to take, ...
• 1860 , , various , Reviews and Literary Notices , … at it would be quite as inconvenient to explain that the termination _goom_ was a derivation from the Anglo-Saxon _guma_ as that it was a corruption of it; …
• 2008 , Barry J. Blake , All About Language: A Guide Chapter , Similarly bridegroom was originally bridegoom, where goom' meant 'man'. … It was changed to groom, though a bridegroom does not normally groom the bride.
• , 2011-05-08, Jan Freeman, Here comes the goom, Groom for bridegroom has been called inelegant, but it’s surely an improvement on goom.
2. (obsolete) lord; Lord; God.

Derived terms

• gome-graith

From Middle English gome, gome, from Old Norse gaumr, gaum ("heed, attention, care"), from Proto-Germanic *gaumō ("attention"), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰow-, *gʰowē- ("to perceive, note, ensure, provide for"). Cognate with Old English ġīeme ("care"), Old English ġīeman ("to care for, heal; correct, reprove; take notice of, take heed to, regard, observe; take charge of, control"). More at gaum.

Noun

1. (now chiefly dialectal) Heed; attention; notice; care.

Perhaps from dialectal goom, goome ("gum, palate"). More at gum.

Noun

1. (dialectal) Blunted teeth on a saw.
• 1823 , Edward Moor , Suffolk Words and Phrases Chapter , The portion so blunted is called the goom. When the teeth are so worn down by use , as to be almost as low as those broken off, the saw requires gooming.