nuntingadj.
/ˈnʌntɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnən(t)ɪŋ/ English regional.
Awkward, ungainly, stunted.
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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
1836 W. D. Cooper Gloss. Provinc. Sussex 25 Nunting, awkward looking.
1848 J. H. Newman Loss & Gain (1853) 78 The dilapidated deformed church with..its uncouth pews, its low nunting table, its forlorn vestry.
1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 67 A small unbecoming bonnet would be called ‘a nunting little thing’.
1957 W. D. Parish & H. Hall Dict. Sussex Dial. 88/1 Nunting, awkward looking.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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