clumse
English
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editFrom Middle English clumsen, clomsen, cloumsen, from Old Norse *klumsa (compare Old Norse klumsa (“lock-jawed”)), whence also dialectal Norwegian klumsa (“to make speechless or benumbed”), dialectal Swedish klumsen (“numb with cold”). Compare related Low German verklamen, Dutch kleumen, verkleumen, German verklomen.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈklʌms/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌms
Verb
editclumse (third-person singular simple present clumses, present participle clumsing, simple past and past participle clumsed)
- (transitive) To numb; benumb; stiffen or paralyse with cold or fear
- (intransitive) To be numb or benumbed; be stiffened or paralysed with cold or fear
- (dialectal, Scotland) To die of thirst
Adjective
editclumse (comparative more clumse, superlative most clumse)
Noun
editclumse (plural clumses)
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