verb. (American university).—To GORGE (q.v.). For synonyms, see WOLF.

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  I’M GORMED, phr. (popular).—A profane oath. See GAUM.

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  1849.  DICKENS, David Copperfield, ch. iii. If it [his generosity] were ever referred to,… he struck the table a heavy blow with his right hand (had split it on one such occasion), and swore a dreadful oath that HE WOULD BE GORMED if he didn’t cut and run for good, if it was ever mentioned again.

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  1883.  Punch, May 19, p. 230, c. 2. Why, of course I hardly expects to be believed, but I’M GORMED if there was more than six of one and half-a-dozen of the other.

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  1884.  JULIAN STURGIS, in Longman’s Magazine, iii., 623. ‘GORMED if there ain’t that old parson again!’ cried Henry, with enthusiasm.

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