"lummox" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈlʌməks/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lummox.wav Forms: lummoxes [plural]
enPR: lŭmʹəks Rhymes: -ʌməks Etymology: Unknown. First attested in 1825 in East Anglian slang. Perhaps from "dumb ox", influenced by lumbering; or from or cognate to dialectal verb lummock (“move about heavily or clumsily”), itself a word of uncertain origin. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{etydate/the|1825}} 1825, {{etydate|1825}} First attested in 1825 Head templates: {{en-noun}} lummox (plural lummoxes)
  1. (informal) A clumsy, stupid person; an awkward bungler. Wikipedia link: East Anglia Tags: informal Synonyms: lummock, lummocks, lummux Translations (clumsy, stupid person): lomperd (Dutch), vlegel (Dutch), vlerk (Dutch), tohelo (Finnish), köntys (Finnish), rustre [masculine] (French), mufle [masculine] (French), goujat [masculine] (French), empoté [masculine] (French), abruti [masculine] (French), boulet [masculine] (French), παιδοβούβαλος (paidovoúvalos) [masculine] (Greek), ατσούμπαλος (atsoúmpalos) [masculine] (Greek), άγαρμπος (ágarmpos) [masculine] (Greek), bobo [masculine] (Spanish), klumpeduns (Swedish)

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