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)
Translations
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