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English
Etymology
Possibly from an alteration of clumsed(“benumbed”) or from clumse(“a stupid fellow; lout”) + -y. More at clumse.
The ravviſh danke of clumzie vvinter ramps / The fluent ſummers vaine: and drizling ſleete / Chilleth the vvan bleak cheek of the numd earth, / VVhilſt ſnarling guſts nibble the iuyceles leaues, / From the nak't ſhuddring branch; […]
Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.
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On the stairs he met Ellen, the housemaid, and as he passed her he knocked the hot-water jug out of her hand. “Well, you are a clumsy,” said Ellen, as she bent down to mop up the water.
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