英和和英

語源

Origin uncertain.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɪbi/
• 韻: -eɪbi
• Homophone: gayby

名詞

gaby (複数形 gabies)

1. (UK, regional) A stupid, foolish person; a simpleton; a dunce.

   Synonyms: guffin, nincompoop, fool

   • 1860 January–June, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, chapter 1, in Lovel the Widower, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1861, OCLC 3567262:

     I daresay I made a gaby of myself to the world

   • 1902, John Kendrick Bangs, Olympian Nights, ch. 10:

     "[Y]ou're a jobbernowl and a doodle, a maundering mooncalf and a blockheaded numps, a gaby and a loon; you're a Hatter!" I shrieked the last epithet.

   • 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 2”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], OCLC 855945:

     "You pair of gabeys!" she exclaimed. "You'll see him before the night's out."