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Added 9 October 2026

lummox

/ˈlʌməks/ noun

First recorded: 1825 Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about lummox at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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

Origin

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.

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