cloutern.

/ˈklaʊtə/

Forms: Also Middle English cloutere, clutere, clowtere, Middle English–1700s clowter.

Etymology: < clout v. + -er suffix¹.

One who clouts, mends, or patches (literal and figurative); a cobbler, or patcher; a botcher.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > mender > [noun]

clouterc1440

maker-up?a1444

botcher1499

repairer?1504

reparationer1520

patcher1528

bodger1538

repareller1546

mender1552

sarcinator1646

vamper1712

piecer1764

renovator1827

repairman1856

fixer?1881

serviceman1905

Mr Fixit1924

fixit man1949

fixit1982

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > clumsy or unskilful putting together > one who

clouterc1440

tinker1583

cobbler1594

tinkerer1827

noodler1955

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 84 Clowter, or cobelere.

1565 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. (1611) 171 A Clowter of Skinnes, or A Cobler.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 415 What will this clouter patch together out of this?

1615 E. Hoby Curry-combe i. 11 He kissed like a clowter.

1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) V. 214 Clowters, and Botchers of old trumpery Stuff.

Derivatives

† clouter-like adj. Obsolete = clouterly adj.

ΘΚΠ

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

a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 145 The verses are but clouter-like, (vnworthy such an Vniversity as Padway).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	clouter
释义	cloutern. /ˈklaʊtə/ Forms: Also Middle English cloutere, clutere, clowtere, Middle English–1700s clowter. Etymology: < clout v. + -er suffix¹. One who clouts, mends, or patches (literal and figurative); a cobbler, or patcher; a botcher. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > mender > [noun] clouterc1440 maker-up?a1444 botcher1499 repairer?1504 reparationer1520 patcher1528 bodger1538 repareller1546 mender1552 sarcinator1646 vamper1712 piecer1764 renovator1827 repairman1856 fixer?1881 serviceman1905 Mr Fixit1924 fixit man1949 fixit1982 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > clumsy or unskilful putting together > one who clouterc1440 tinker1583 cobbler1594 tinkerer1827 noodler1955 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 84 Clowter, or cobelere. 1565 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. (1611) 171 A Clowter of Skinnes, or A Cobler. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 415 What will this clouter patch together out of this? 1615 E. Hoby Curry-combe i. 11 He kissed like a clowter. 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) V. 214 Clowters, and Botchers of old trumpery Stuff. Derivatives † clouter-like adj. Obsolete = clouterly adj. ΘΚΠ 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 a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 145 The verses are but clouter-like, (vnworthy such an Vniversity as Padway). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1440
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