Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)A clumsy, stupid person; an awkward bungler.

    You've broken the plates, you great lummox!

    an awkward stupid person

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Despite being a bit of a lummox, Tom was a good guy.

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  2. The graceless lummox stumbled into the room, knocking over a lamp on his way in.

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  3. Don't be such a lummox!

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

Unknown. First attested in 1825 in East Anglian slang. Perhaps from "dumb ox", influenced

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.

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Forms

plural: lummoxes

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lumberjackluminaryluminouslumplumpen
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