klutzyadj.

Brit.

/ˈklʌtsi/, U.S.

/ˈklətsi/

Forms: 1900s– clotzy, 1900s– clutsy, 1900s– clutzy, 1900s– klutzy.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: klutz n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < klutz n. + -y suffix¹. Compare later klutz v.It is unclear whether the same word is shown by the following earlier example of clutzy as an all-purpose word of vague meaning:1931 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Dec. 71/2 ‘I think that shirt looks pretty clutzy, don't you?’..Clutz..means anything you want it to.

colloquial (originally and chiefly North American).

Awkward or foolish; clumsy.

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

1961 Chicago Sunday Tribune 31 Dec. viii. 4/1 Do you want to know how I showed them? I got tackier and tackier... Isn't that the klutziest thing you ever heard of?

1965 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 28 Aug. 51/2 The dancers look good and the artists look a little klutzy.

1970 New Yorker 17 Jan. 72 The sad, klutzy ballerinas of the Music Hall pollute children's first live experience of dance.

1975 Amer. Cinematographer Apr. 404/1 (caption) Peter Sellers in a repeat of his role as Inspector Clouseau, a klutzy French detective who..‘makes a wasteland out of everyplace he goes’.

2019 Palm Beach (Florida) Post (Nexis) 27 Jan. (Arts & Accents section) 1 f [His] teenage attempts to land jobs at local restaurants proved unsuccessful. ‘Nobody wanted to hire a klutzy 15-year-old.’

Derivatives

ˈklutziness n. clumsiness, awkwardness.

ΘΚΠ

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

bungerliness1598

lubberliness1598

indexterity1611

sinisterity1623

clumsiness1652

ungainness1727

ungainliness1755

awkwardnessa1770

maladroitness1781

ponderousness1801

lumberingness1869

gawkihood1872

gawkiness1873

klutziness1973

1973 Los Angeles Times 13 May (Calendar section) 32/3 You cared less about Coach and his aging boys this time out, but you laughed louder at their Archie Bunker politics and all-round klutziness.

1976 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 10 Dec. 17/5 Tom, a grade-school boy of normal klutziness, spunk, bravado and pranks, solves the murder of a gorgeous but nasty blonde while riding a Pullman across the Prairies.

1985 New Yorker 25 Feb. 82/2 Coen's style is deadpan and klutzy, and he uses the klutziness as his trump card.

2015 C. J. Post Shattered Haven i. 9 She had outgrown her youthful klutziness. But she still didn't feel confident handling a weapon.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	klutzy
释义	klutzyadj. Brit. /ˈklʌtsi/, U.S. /ˈklətsi/ Forms: 1900s– clotzy, 1900s– clutsy, 1900s– clutzy, 1900s– klutzy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: klutz n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < klutz n. + -y suffix¹. Compare later klutz v.It is unclear whether the same word is shown by the following earlier example of clutzy as an all-purpose word of vague meaning:1931 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Dec. 71/2 ‘I think that shirt looks pretty clutzy, don't you?’..Clutz..means anything you want it to. colloquial (originally and chiefly North American). Awkward or foolish; clumsy. 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 1961 Chicago Sunday Tribune 31 Dec. viii. 4/1 Do you want to know how I showed them? I got tackier and tackier... Isn't that the klutziest thing you ever heard of? 1965 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 28 Aug. 51/2 The dancers look good and the artists look a little klutzy. 1970 New Yorker 17 Jan. 72 The sad, klutzy ballerinas of the Music Hall pollute children's first live experience of dance. 1975 Amer. Cinematographer Apr. 404/1 (caption) Peter Sellers in a repeat of his role as Inspector Clouseau, a klutzy French detective who..‘makes a wasteland out of everyplace he goes’. 2019 Palm Beach (Florida) Post (Nexis) 27 Jan. (Arts & Accents section) 1 f [His] teenage attempts to land jobs at local restaurants proved unsuccessful. ‘Nobody wanted to hire a klutzy 15-year-old.’ Derivatives ˈklutziness n. clumsiness, awkwardness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > clumsiness or awkwardness bungerliness1598 lubberliness1598 indexterity1611 sinisterity1623 clumsiness1652 ungainness1727 ungainliness1755 awkwardnessa1770 maladroitness1781 ponderousness1801 lumberingness1869 gawkihood1872 gawkiness1873 klutziness1973 1973 Los Angeles Times 13 May (Calendar section) 32/3 You cared less about Coach and his aging boys this time out, but you laughed louder at their Archie Bunker politics and all-round klutziness. 1976 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 10 Dec. 17/5 Tom, a grade-school boy of normal klutziness, spunk, bravado and pranks, solves the murder of a gorgeous but nasty blonde while riding a Pullman across the Prairies. 1985 New Yorker 25 Feb. 82/2 Coen's style is deadpan and klutzy, and he uses the klutziness as his trump card. 2015 C. J. Post Shattered Haven i. 9 She had outgrown her youthful klutziness. But she still didn't feel confident handling a weapon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1961
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