Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GOOM
GOOG'INGS, or GOOD'INGSGOOS'AN-DER
GOOM, n. [Sax. guma, Goth. guma, a man.]
A man recently married, or who is attending his proposed spouse for the purpose of marriage; used in composition, as in bridegoom. It has been corrupted into groom.
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