a. and sb. Sc. Also staumeral, stammrel. [f. staumer, dial. var. of STAMMER v. + -EL.] a. adj. Stupid, half-witted. b. sb. A stupid, half-witted person.

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1787.  Burns, Brigs of Ayr, 170. Staumrel, corky-headed, graceless Gentry.

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a. 1801.  R. Gall, Poems (1819), 31. Habby Graeme the haflins fool,… An’ staumrel Willy Gray the Smith.

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1802.  Sibbald, Chron. Sc. P., IV. Gloss., Staumrel,… one who is incapable of expressing his meaning.

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1835.  D. Webster, Sc. Rhymes, 163 (E.D.D.). My stupid auld muse often lurks o’ the gait, But goes staumering about like a staumeral gowk.

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1868.  Shelley, Flowers, 207 (E.D.D.). The stammrel gaed stampin right through the buss.

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