clumsyadj.

Brit.

/ˈklʌmzi/, U.S.

/ˈkləmzi/

Forms: Also 1500s clumbsie, 1500s–1700s clumsie, 1500s–1600s clomsey.

Etymology: Appears in writers c1600; not used by Shakespeare; not in Florio, Cotgrave, Bullokar, Cockeram, Blount, Phillips (1696), nor in Cocker 1704. Marston's use of it (among other ‘wild outlandish terms’) was ridiculed by Ben Jonson in Poetaster v. i., where Crispinus (i.e. Marston) is made to speak of ‘clumsie chilblain'd judgment’. Apparently < clumse v. + -y suffix¹: compare drowsy, bousy ; but it is to be noted that at Lund, in Sweden, klumsi(g) is used in the primary sense ‘benumbed with cold’, and also with the same signification as English clumsy . Compare klumsen under clumse adj.

†1. Benumbed or stiffened with cold. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > affected with or having sensation of cold > numbed with cold

clumsed1388

numba1400

benumbed1547

numbed1553

clumsy1600

clumse1611

shrammed1874

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxi. lvi. 425 The Carthaginians..returned into the campe so clumsie and frozen [L. ita torpentes gelu].

1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. ii. sig. C4^v Clumsie iudgements, chilblaind gowtie wits.

1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge Prol. sig. A2 The rawish danke of clumzie winter ramps The fluent summers vaine.

2. Acting or moving as if benumbed: heavy and awkward in motion or action; ungainly, unhandy; wanting in dexterity or grace.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > clumsy or awkward

stubblea1300

lubber?1515

awkward1530

unwieldy1530

lubberlike1572

unwieldsome1579

lubberly1580

looby1582

wieldy1588

clumsy1597

ungainly1611

unqueme1611

untowardly1611

clouter-likea1624

hip-shot1642

loobish1648

loobily1655

bumble-arsed1661

clouterly1675

lubbard1679

fumbling1681

sinistrousa1682

maladroit1685

shammockinga1704

ungain1710

splay-footed1716

gawky1759

hobbledehoyish1812

uncouthly1821

nunting1836

shammocky1841

numb1854

awkwardish1860

slummocky?1861

numb-footed1867

gawkish1876

flat-footed1899

brontosaurian1909

shamblya1937

slew-foot1945

ham-footed1960

klutzy1961

dorkus1979

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > inelegance > [adjective] > ungraceful

graceless?1507

clumsy1597

ungainly1611

awkwarda1616

disgraceful1615

unwieldya1635

dishonest1653

ungraceful1667

ungracious1695

ungain1710

unswan-like1837

unheppen1855

disgracious1870

1597 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. i. iii. 8 When each base clowne, his clumbsie fist doth bruise.

1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) ii. 93 Apt to be..moulded..even by clumsie Fingers.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. ii. 27 In the common Actions and behaviour of Life, I have not seen a more clumsy, awkward, and unhandy People.

1785 W. Cowper Task i. 18 Invention..Dull in design, and clumsy to perform.

1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues III. 168 I am very clumsy at these processes of division and enumeration.

3. figurative. Applied to actions and products of clumsy hands: Ill-contrived, awkward.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > clumsy or awkward > of things or actions

fumbling1532

untoward1590

untowardly1611

clumsy1682

indextrous1684

shambling1802

gawky1821

angular1830

buckety1883

1682 N. Tate & J. Dryden 2nd Pt. Absalom & Achitophel 16 In Clumsy verse, unlick't, unpointed.

1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 9 Sept. (1948) I. 5 The great men making me their clumsy apologies, &c.

1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. ii. 11 A clumsy forgery.

1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xviii. 229 By such a clumsy expedient.

a. Rudely constructed; of awkward, ungainly or ungraceful shape; inelegant, unwieldy.

ΘΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adjective]

untheweda1325

unbenec1400

incondite1539

undight1555

ungentle1565

impolished1583

transalpinea1592

impolited1598

uncourtly1598

tartarous1602

impolite1612

unelevated1627

unfashioned1630

unbrushed1640

unhewed1644

hirsute1658

unhewn1659

inelegant1667

sordid1668

ingenteel1694

barbarous1700

ungracefula1732

tramontane1740

uninformed1754

clumsy1758

heavy1817

uncharmed1818

nettle-rough1850

blowzy1851

mal élevé1878

inexquisite1922

pseudo-sophisticated1925

1758 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 515 A fine young woman altogether; rather a little clumsy, but fine complexion, teeth, and nails.

a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 229 The clumsy shape, the frightful mien..Of that grim brute yclep'd a bear.

1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 88 Your wet ropes And clumsy oars..give blisters first and then a horny hand.

1888 Lady 25 Oct. 374/1 The boots..are a trifle clumsy.

†b. clumsy cleat n. on a whaling vessel (see quots.). U.S. colloquial. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick l. 256 Clumsy cleat, as it is sometimes called, the horizontal piece in the boat's bow for bracing the knee against.

1874 C. M. Scammon Marine Mammals N. Amer. 224 About three feet from the stern is the ‘clumsy-cleet’, a stout thwart with a rounded notch on the after side, in which the officer or boat-steerer braces himself by one leg against the violent motion of the boat, caused by..the efforts of the whale while being ‘worked upon’.

Compounds

In combinations.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. i. 43 Our clumsy fisted imagination.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	clumsy
释义	clumsyadj. Brit. /ˈklʌmzi/, U.S. /ˈkləmzi/ Forms: Also 1500s clumbsie, 1500s–1700s clumsie, 1500s–1600s clomsey. Etymology: Appears in writers c1600; not used by Shakespeare; not in Florio, Cotgrave, Bullokar, Cockeram, Blount, Phillips (1696), nor in Cocker 1704. Marston's use of it (among other ‘wild outlandish terms’) was ridiculed by Ben Jonson in Poetaster v. i., where Crispinus (i.e. Marston) is made to speak of ‘clumsie chilblain'd judgment’. Apparently < clumse v. + -y suffix¹: compare drowsy, bousy ; but it is to be noted that at Lund, in Sweden, klumsi(g) is used in the primary sense ‘benumbed with cold’, and also with the same signification as English clumsy . Compare klumsen under clumse adj. †1. Benumbed or stiffened with cold. Obsolete. ΘΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > affected with or having sensation of cold > numbed with cold clumsed1388 numba1400 benumbed1547 numbed1553 clumsy1600 clumse1611 shrammed1874 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxi. lvi. 425 The Carthaginians..returned into the campe so clumsie and frozen [L. ita torpentes gelu]. 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. ii. sig. C4^v Clumsie iudgements, chilblaind gowtie wits. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge Prol. sig. A2 The rawish danke of clumzie winter ramps The fluent summers vaine. 2. Acting or moving as if benumbed: heavy and awkward in motion or action; ungainly, unhandy; wanting in dexterity or grace. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > clumsy or awkward stubblea1300 lubber?1515 awkward1530 unwieldy1530 lubberlike1572 unwieldsome1579 lubberly1580 looby1582 wieldy1588 clumsy1597 ungainly1611 unqueme1611 untowardly1611 clouter-likea1624 hip-shot1642 loobish1648 loobily1655 bumble-arsed1661 clouterly1675 lubbard1679 fumbling1681 sinistrousa1682 maladroit1685 shammockinga1704 ungain1710 splay-footed1716 gawky1759 hobbledehoyish1812 uncouthly1821 nunting1836 shammocky1841 numb1854 awkwardish1860 slummocky?1861 numb-footed1867 gawkish1876 flat-footed1899 brontosaurian1909 shamblya1937 slew-foot1945 ham-footed1960 klutzy1961 dorkus1979 the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > inelegance > [adjective] > ungraceful graceless?1507 clumsy1597 ungainly1611 awkwarda1616 disgraceful1615 unwieldya1635 dishonest1653 ungraceful1667 ungracious1695 ungain1710 unswan-like1837 unheppen1855 disgracious1870 1597 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. i. iii. 8 When each base clowne, his clumbsie fist doth bruise. 1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) ii. 93 Apt to be..moulded..even by clumsie Fingers. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. ii. 27 In the common Actions and behaviour of Life, I have not seen a more clumsy, awkward, and unhandy People. 1785 W. Cowper Task i. 18 Invention..Dull in design, and clumsy to perform. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues III. 168 I am very clumsy at these processes of division and enumeration. 3. figurative. Applied to actions and products of clumsy hands: Ill-contrived, awkward. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > clumsy or awkward > of things or actions fumbling1532 untoward1590 untowardly1611 clumsy1682 indextrous1684 shambling1802 gawky1821 angular1830 buckety1883 1682 N. Tate & J. Dryden 2nd Pt. Absalom & Achitophel 16 In Clumsy verse, unlick't, unpointed. 1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 9 Sept. (1948) I. 5 The great men making me their clumsy apologies, &c. 1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. ii. 11 A clumsy forgery. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xviii. 229 By such a clumsy expedient. 4. a. Rudely constructed; of awkward, ungainly or ungraceful shape; inelegant, unwieldy. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adjective] untheweda1325 unbenec1400 incondite1539 undight1555 ungentle1565 impolished1583 transalpinea1592 impolited1598 uncourtly1598 tartarous1602 impolite1612 unelevated1627 unfashioned1630 unbrushed1640 unhewed1644 hirsute1658 unhewn1659 inelegant1667 sordid1668 ingenteel1694 barbarous1700 ungracefula1732 tramontane1740 uninformed1754 clumsy1758 heavy1817 uncharmed1818 nettle-rough1850 blowzy1851 mal élevé1878 inexquisite1922 pseudo-sophisticated1925 1758 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 515 A fine young woman altogether; rather a little clumsy, but fine complexion, teeth, and nails. a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 229 The clumsy shape, the frightful mien..Of that grim brute yclep'd a bear. 1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 88 Your wet ropes And clumsy oars..give blisters first and then a horny hand. 1888 Lady 25 Oct. 374/1 The boots..are a trifle clumsy. †b. clumsy cleat n. on a whaling vessel (see quots.). U.S. colloquial. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick l. 256 Clumsy cleat, as it is sometimes called, the horizontal piece in the boat's bow for bracing the knee against. 1874 C. M. Scammon Marine Mammals N. Amer. 224 About three feet from the stern is the ‘clumsy-cleet’, a stout thwart with a rounded notch on the after side, in which the officer or boat-steerer braces himself by one leg against the violent motion of the boat, caused by..the efforts of the whale while being ‘worked upon’. Compounds In combinations. Π 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. i. 43 Our clumsy fisted imagination. 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