fumblingn.

/ˈfʌmblɪŋ/

Etymology: < fumble v. + -ing suffix¹.

The action of fumble v.

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the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > [noun] > touching or handling awkwardly

fumbling1562

pawing1888

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > clumsiness or awkwardness > manual clumsiness

fumbling1562

butterfingers1859

ham-handedness1928

ham-fistedness1963

1562 J. Heywood Sixt Hundred Epigrammes c, in Wks. sig. Ee This man in his breech feelyng such fumblyng.

1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Cij Now are we dwarfs, they [our issue] will be pismires then, This is the fumbling of our aged men.

1645 J. Milton Colasterion 7 Your second Argument, without more tedious fumbling is breifly thus.

1762 J. Hall-Stevenson Crazy Tales 49 There's a disorder we call Fumbling, Amongst the men call'd Fighting shy.

1868 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea IV. 396 That impotent fumbling after carbines or pistols.

1892 A. Jessopp Stud. Recluse (1893) Pref. 15 I do not call these stray papers Essays, but mere Studies—fumblings if you will.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

fumblingadj.

Etymology: < fumble v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfumbling.

a. That fumbles or gropes about; also, characterized by fumbling.

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the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > [adjective] > touching or handling awkwardly

fumbling1847

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

fumbling1847

1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxxiv. 349 She..attired herself, with fumbling fingers.

1865 F. M. Müller in Times 21 Apr. 4/4 The fumbling efforts of gentlemen in removing their gloves before shaking hands.

1867 R. W. Emerson May-day & Other Pieces 119 The frost-king ties my fumbling feet.

1889 H. F. Wood Englishman Rue Caïn v A spare individual..entered..after a fumbling rap at the door.

b. figurative. That does something clumsily or awkwardly; also, hesitating in speech, mumbling.

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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > muttering or mumbling

mumblinga1450

fumbling1532

muttering1567

maffling1577

muffling1616

mussitant1678

mumbly1849

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

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

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 698/1 Not anye true feelynge faythe, but a false fumblyng fantasye.

a1577 G. Gascoigne Posies in Wks. (1587) 114 Wyth hollow voice and fumbling toong thus spoke.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxii. 145 Such are their fumbling shifts.

1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge i. i. sig. A4 I could eate Thy fumbling throat, for thy lagd censure.

1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. III. 258 He hath..but a very fumbling speech.

1681 E. Hickeringill Vindic. Naked Truth 36 A fibling..fumbling Arch-Deacon.

1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. v. iii. 237 There are wrongs The fumbling piecemeal law can never touch.

c. Sexually impotent. Cf. fumble v. 4 and fumbler n. b.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > reproductive organ disorders > [adjective] > of male > impotence

geld?c1335

cunt-beatenc1440

fumbling1576

impotent1615

frigid1660

anandrious1879

cockless1902

1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions 81 b They be vnto carnall coiture fumbling, slow, and not greatly therto addicted.

a1703 J. Pomfret Poet. Wks. (1833) 17 Dull old age, with fumbling labour, cloys Before the bliss.

1710 Brit. Apollo 20–22 Sept. Their Fumbling Neighbours..cannot Enjoy The Pleasure of getting a Girl, or a Boy.

1786 R. Burns Poems 26 How fumbling coofs their dearies slight.

figurative.a1577 G. Gascoigne Gardninges 32, in Hearbes (1587) 164 If barreyn soyle, why then it chaungeth hewe, It fadeth faste, it flits to fumbling yeares.1683 T. Otway Prol. in T. Otway & J. Dryden Prol. & Epil. Constantine the Great Fumbling Itching Rhimers of the Town, [proud] T' Adopt some base Born Song that's not their own.1689 E. Hickeringill Ceremony-monger Introd., in Wks. (1716) II. 500 Impotency is supply'd by Fumbling Registers.

d. (See fumble v. 3.)

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [adjective] > clumsily

fumbling1681

1681 J. Crowne Henry VI i. i. 3 'Pox o' these fumbling Robes! How came my Warlike Spirit wrapt in these Formalities, that hold my hands from Blood?

Derivatives

ˈfumblingly adv.

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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adverb]

uncraftily1519

unexpertly1565

unskilfully1565

ill1579

fumblingly1598

unskilly1648

unartfully1724

inexpertly1822

the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adverb] > in a mumbling or indistinct manner

closely1564

mafflingly1565

thick1589

fumblingly1598

mumblingly1662

grumblingly1677

mutteringlyc1681

clippingly1849

amutter1856

splutteringly1941

splodgily1963

slurrily1969

the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > [adverb] > touching or handling awkwardly

fumblingly1598

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adverb] > clumsily or awkwardly > with fumbling hands

fumblingly1598

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Palpegone, gropingly, fumblingly.

c1599 J. Hoskyns Directions (Harl. 859) Many good schollers speake but fumblingly.

1870 Daily News 9 Nov. He is obliged to put on his spectacles fumblingly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fumbling
释义	fumblingn. /ˈfʌmblɪŋ/ Etymology: < fumble v. + -ing suffix¹. The action of fumble v. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > [noun] > touching or handling awkwardly fumbling1562 pawing1888 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > clumsiness or awkwardness > manual clumsiness fumbling1562 butterfingers1859 ham-handedness1928 ham-fistedness1963 1562 J. Heywood Sixt Hundred Epigrammes c, in Wks. sig. Ee This man in his breech feelyng such fumblyng. 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Cij Now are we dwarfs, they [our issue] will be pismires then, This is the fumbling of our aged men. 1645 J. Milton Colasterion 7 Your second Argument, without more tedious fumbling is breifly thus. 1762 J. Hall-Stevenson Crazy Tales 49 There's a disorder we call Fumbling, Amongst the men call'd Fighting shy. 1868 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea IV. 396 That impotent fumbling after carbines or pistols. 1892 A. Jessopp Stud. Recluse (1893) Pref. 15 I do not call these stray papers Essays, but mere Studies—fumblings if you will. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2018). fumblingadj. Etymology: < fumble v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfumbling. a. That fumbles or gropes about; also, characterized by fumbling. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > [adjective] > touching or handling awkwardly fumbling1847 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > clumsy or awkward > clumsy with the hands > of fingers or actions fumbling1847 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxxiv. 349 She..attired herself, with fumbling fingers. 1865 F. M. Müller in Times 21 Apr. 4/4 The fumbling efforts of gentlemen in removing their gloves before shaking hands. 1867 R. W. Emerson May-day & Other Pieces 119 The frost-king ties my fumbling feet. 1889 H. F. Wood Englishman Rue Caïn v A spare individual..entered..after a fumbling rap at the door. b. figurative. That does something clumsily or awkwardly; also, hesitating in speech, mumbling. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > muttering or mumbling mumblinga1450 fumbling1532 muttering1567 maffling1577 muffling1616 mussitant1678 mumbly1849 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 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 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 698/1 Not anye true feelynge faythe, but a false fumblyng fantasye. a1577 G. Gascoigne Posies in Wks. (1587) 114 Wyth hollow voice and fumbling toong thus spoke. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxii. 145 Such are their fumbling shifts. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge i. i. sig. A4 I could eate Thy fumbling throat, for thy lagd censure. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. III. 258 He hath..but a very fumbling speech. 1681 E. Hickeringill Vindic. Naked Truth 36 A fibling..fumbling Arch-Deacon. 1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. v. iii. 237 There are wrongs The fumbling piecemeal law can never touch. c. Sexually impotent. Cf. fumble v. 4 and fumbler n. b. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > reproductive organ disorders > [adjective] > of male > impotence geld?c1335 cunt-beatenc1440 fumbling1576 impotent1615 frigid1660 anandrious1879 cockless1902 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions 81 b They be vnto carnall coiture fumbling, slow, and not greatly therto addicted. a1703 J. Pomfret Poet. Wks. (1833) 17 Dull old age, with fumbling labour, cloys Before the bliss. 1710 Brit. Apollo 20–22 Sept. Their Fumbling Neighbours..cannot Enjoy The Pleasure of getting a Girl, or a Boy. 1786 R. Burns Poems 26 How fumbling coofs their dearies slight. figurative.a1577 G. Gascoigne Gardninges 32, in Hearbes (1587) 164 If barreyn soyle, why then it chaungeth hewe, It fadeth faste, it flits to fumbling yeares.1683 T. Otway Prol. in T. Otway & J. Dryden Prol. & Epil. Constantine the Great Fumbling Itching Rhimers of the Town, [proud] T' Adopt some base Born Song that's not their own.1689 E. Hickeringill Ceremony-monger Introd., in Wks. (1716) II. 500 Impotency is supply'd by Fumbling Registers. d. (See fumble v. 3.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [adjective] > clumsily fumbling1681 1681 J. Crowne Henry VI i. i. 3 'Pox o' these fumbling Robes! How came my Warlike Spirit wrapt in these Formalities, that hold my hands from Blood? Derivatives ˈfumblingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adverb] uncraftily1519 unexpertly1565 unskilfully1565 ill1579 fumblingly1598 unskilly1648 unartfully1724 inexpertly1822 the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adverb] > in a mumbling or indistinct manner closely1564 mafflingly1565 thick1589 fumblingly1598 mumblingly1662 grumblingly1677 mutteringlyc1681 clippingly1849 amutter1856 splutteringly1941 splodgily1963 slurrily1969 the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > [adverb] > touching or handling awkwardly fumblingly1598 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adverb] > clumsily or awkwardly > with fumbling hands fumblingly1598 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Palpegone, gropingly, fumblingly. c1599 J. Hoskyns Directions (Harl. 859) Many good schollers speake but fumblingly. 1870 Daily News 9 Nov. He is obliged to put on his spectacles fumblingly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1562adj.1532
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