† aclumsidadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Made clumsy or unable to grasp; benumbed, paralysed. Cf. clumse v., acumble v.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [adjective] > rendered physically insensible
astonieda1375
benumba1400
numba1400
aclumsida1425
benumbed1547
numbed1553
astonished1576
astoned1578
brawned1582
soporiferous1599
cauterized1603
mortified1608
stupefied?1611
obtundeda1644
bedeaded1656
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Jer. vi. 24 Oure hondis ben a clumsid [a1425 Emmanuel 21 acumblid; a1382 E.V. losid atwynne; L. dissolutæ].
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ezek. xxi. 7 Alle hondis schulen be aclumsid [a1425 E.V. vndon; L. dissolventur], and ech spirit schal be sike.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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