Gawkier
/ˈɡɔːki.ər/noun
Comparative of gawk: more awkward, clumsy, or gawping in manner.
Did you know?English gawk likely grew from a Scandinavian word meaning to stare or gape, showing how a simple look can harden into a lasting insult.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*gawkōną / *gawkaz
“to stare, gape, or gawp”
Old Norse
ON
gaukr / gāka
“to stare, gape, or act foolishly (related northern Germanic forms)”
Middle English
ME
gawken / gawke
“to stare stupidly; to be awkward or foolish”
16th Century
English
gawk
“a gawping, awkward, or foolish person; to stare vacantly”
Modern English
English
gawkier
“more awkward or more gawping than something else”