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- DictionaryLum·mox/ˈləməks/
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- 1. a clumsy, stupid person: informal North American "watch it, you great lummox!"
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LUMMOX | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of lummox in English. lummox. noun [ C ] informal us / ˈlʌm.əks / uk / ˈlʌm.əks / Add to word list. a stupid or awkward person: Be careful, you big lummox, you just stamped on my foot! Synonyms. clod (PERSON) old-fashioned. goon (SILLY PERSON) old-fashioned informal.
1 day ago · noun. informal. a clumsy, stupid person. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Word origin. [ 1815–25; cf. dial. (Midlands) lommock large chunk of food, lommocking clumsy, awkward; ulterior orig. uncert.] Examples of 'lummox' in a sentence.
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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.
enPR: lŭmʹəks, IPA(key): /ˈlʌməks/Rhymes: -ʌməkslummox (plural lummoxes) 1. (informal) A clumsy, stupid person; an awkward bungler. 1.1. You've broken the plates, you great lummox! 1.1. 2000, Louis Mellis, David Scinto, Sexy Beast (motion picture), spoken by Don Logan (Ben Kingsley): 1.1.1. I love you, Gal. You're lovable. Big lovable bloke. Loveable lump. Loveable lummox. Gal Dove, party boy. B...
lummox in American English. (ˈlʌməks) noun. informal. a clumsy, stupid person. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Word origin.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2022. lum•mox (lum′ əks), n. [ Informal.] Informal Terms a clumsy, stupid person. 1815–25; compare dialect, dialectal (Midlands) lommock large chunk of food, lommocking clumsy, awkward; ulterior origin, originally uncertain.
Definitions. from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. noun A clumsy or stupid person. from The Century Dictionary. noun An unwieldy, clumsy, stupid fellow. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. nounLow. A fat, ungainly, stupid person; an awkward bungler.
