subs. (old).—1. A dandy. Fr., gommeux. [Anglo-Saxon, guma = a man; a person: gomme = gommer = gammer. Cf., GOMUS. Beaumont has GOM = a man.]
2. (colloquial).—See quot.
1883. Weekly Dispatch, 11 March, p. 7, c. 4. There has recently been considerable debate as to the meaning of the term GOMMIE. It is very simple. A GOMMIE is one who calls Mr. Gladstone a G. O. M. [Grand Old Man], and thinks he has made a good joke.
3. (colloquial).—A fool. For synonyms, see BUFFLE and CABBAGE-HEAD.
