lummox
A clumsy, stupid personA clumsy, stupid person; an awkward bungler.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» Despite being a bit of a lummox, Tom was a good guy.
rul · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(informal)A clumsy, stupid person; an awkward bungler.
You've broken the plates, you great lummox!
an awkward stupid person
Examples
3 sentencesDespite being a bit of a lummox, Tom was a good guy.
The graceless lummox stumbled into the room, knocking over a lamp on his way in.
Don't be such a lummox!
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
Unknown. First attested in 1825 in East Anglian slang. Perhaps from "dumb ox", influencedUnknown. 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.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.