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lummox

noun /ˈlʌməks/

  1. A clumsy, stupid person; an awkward bungler.

    informal

    You've broken the plates, you great lummox!

Where it comes from

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.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry lummox (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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