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clumse

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
14
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈklʌms/

Definition of clumse

6 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To numb; benumb; stiffen or paralyse with cold or fear
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verb

  1. (transitive)To numb; benumb; stiffen or paralyse with cold or fear
  2. (intransitive)To be numb or benumbed; be stiffened or paralysed with cold or fear
  3. (Scotland, dialectal)To die of thirst

adj

  1. benumbed, as with cold
  2. idle; lazy; loutish

noun

  1. A stupid fellow; numbskull

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Etymology

From 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.

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