Dictionary

clumsiness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈklʌm.zi.nəs/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English clumsy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English clumsiness From clumsy + -ness.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A lack of coordination or elegance; the condition or quality of being clumsy.
   • He dropped them not out of spite, but out of clumsiness.
   • "Pardon my clumsiness," he said to the lady. "I am, unfortunately, quite blind. But," he added, with a smile, to turn off the mishap, "even a blind man must have a house." 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:

Forms

Translations (30)

pam kaburaldalan (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · pam keburaldalan (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · sh не̏згра̄пно̄ст (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · sv klantighet (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · sv klumpighet (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · ja ドジ (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · sh гло̏ма̄зно̄ст (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · sh glȍmāznōst (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · cmn 笨拙 (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · de Ungeschicklichkeit (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · el αδεξιότητα (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · ka მოუქნელობა (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · de Unbeholfenheit (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · ja 不手際 (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · ga ciotrúntacht (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · hu ügyetlenség (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · ru неповоро́тливость (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · sh nȅzgrāpnōst (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · it goffaggine (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · fi kömpelyys (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · it inettitudine (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · ru неуклю́жесть (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · ja ふき (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · de Plumpheit (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · pt desajeitamento (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · ga amscaíocht (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · ga liopastacht (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · fr inélégance (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · it sgraziataggine (the condition or quality of being clumsy) · fr maladresse (the condition or quality of being clumsy)