"orming" meaning in English

See orming in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɔːmɪŋ/ Forms: more orming [comparative], most orming [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} orming (comparative more orming, superlative most orming)
  1. (Nottinghamshire) Talk and awkward
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          "text": "Mrs. Goodall fairly hated the sound of correct English. She thee'd and tha'd her prospective daughter-in-law, and said, 'I'm none as orming as I look, seest ta.' Fanny did not think her prospective mother-in-law looked at all orming.\nEngland My England 261 (1922)"
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