XmisterIS
Purveyor of fine nonsense
My GF remarked the other day that she finds the word "gormless" peculiar because it implies that one is without "gorm" ... but you'd never describe someone as being "gormful" or "gormy", nor is there a noun, "gorm". So the meaning of the word "gorm" seems to have been lost, and we're left with "gormless".
I'm trying to think of other examples but can't think of any straight off!
I'm trying to think of other examples but can't think of any straight off!