glaikit
or glaik·et
[ gley-kit ]
/ ˈgleɪ kɪt /
adjective Chiefly Scot.
foolish; giddy; flighty.
Origin of glaikit
1400–50; late Middle English < ?
Words nearby glaikit
gladstone bag,
gladstone, william ewart,
gladwrap,
gladys,
glagolitic,
glaikit,
glair,
glaire,
glairy,
glaive,
glam
Example sentences from the Web for glaikit
The glaikit limmers, will they no be content wi their ain game, but maun turn common thieves?
At War with Society or, Tales of the Outcasts |James McLevyThey were of the glaikit kind ye can always hear loang before ye see.
The House with the Green Shutters |George Douglas Brown
British Dictionary definitions for glaikit
glaikit
glaiket
/ (ˈɡleɪkɪt) /
adjective
Scot
foolish; silly; thoughtless
a glaiket expression
Derived forms of glaikit
glaikitness or glaiketness, nounWord Origin for glaikit
C15: of obscure origin