gomerel, gomeral noun a fool, a stupid or gulkible person; a person with learning difficulties: See, it just goes tae show that mony's the time we mak mistakes aboot folks and we label them wi titles like gomerals or gypet-gypes, but wha among us is tae say that the saft creatures of this world cannae rise abeen their dottled [confused] station. 19-. etymology: Scots; origin obscure, perhaps conflation of goam ‘to gaze vacantly’ + rel suffix; collected by JS; attested by SR |