gaumyadj.
/ˈɡɔːmi/ rare.
Of the nature of a daub or smear; of painting: coarsely executed, dauby.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > smeared > of the nature of smear
gaumy1881
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > qualities or styles of painting > [adjective] > badly or carelessly painted
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1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Gaumy, gummy; sticky.
1888 Athenæum 25 Feb. 250/3 It shows Wilkie designing with admirable vigour, but the execution is vicious and ‘gaumy’.
1907 W. De Morgan Alice-for-Short xxxii. 331 ‘What's his work like though, reely?’ ‘Footy stuff. Gormy colour. No drawin'!’
1919 W. De Morgan Old Madhouse 306 I wish she wouldn't trot out her gormy daubs and ask my honest opinion of them.
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