lummox

English

Etymology

Unknown [1825], 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.

Pronunciation

enPR: lŭmʹəks, IPA^(key): /ˈlʌməks/

Noun

lummox (plural lummoxes)

(informal) A clumsy, stupid person; an awkward bungler.
You've broken the plates, you great lummox!

Translations

clumsy, stupid person

Dutch: lomperd (nl), vlegel (nl), vlerk (nl)
Finnish: tohelo (fi), tomppeli (fi), hömelö
French: rustre (fr) m, mufle (fr) m, goujat (fr) m, empoté (fr) m

Greek: παιδοβούβαλος m (paidovoúvalos), ατσούμπαλος (el) m (atsoúmpalos), άγαρμπος (el) m (ágarmpos)
Spanish: bobo (es) m

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