lummox

English

Alternative forms

lummocks, lummux

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

enPR: lŭmʹəks, IPA^(key): /ˈlʌməks/
- Audio (RP) (file)
Rhymes: -ʌməks

Noun

lummox (plural lummoxes)

(informal) A clumsy, stupid person; an awkward bungler.
You've broken the plates, you great lummox!
- 2000, Louis Mellis; David Scinto, Sexy Beast, spoken by Don Logan (Ben Kingsley):
  I love you, Gal. You're lovable. Big lovable bloke. Loveable lump. Loveable lummox. Gal Dove, party boy. Big oaf.

Translations

clumsy, stupid person

Dutch: lomperd (nl), vlegel (nl), vlerk (nl)
Finnish: tohelo (fi), köntys (fi)
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
Swedish: klumpeduns (sv)