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Nov. 7, 2014
Word of the Day

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\GEYP-seed, GAP-\
noun
1. British Dialect. a person who gapes or stares in wonder, especially a rustic or unworldly person who is easily awed.
2. British Dialect. a daydream or reverie.
Quotes
I'm retired: sort of a gapeseed, a daydreamer, you know.
-- D. Keith Mano, Take Five, 1982
Origin
Gapeseed is formed from the verb gape meaning "to open the mouth wide." It entered English in the late 1500s.
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