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lummoxy

lummoxy adjective: resembling or characteristic of a lummox; awkward, ungainly, or inept.

Adjective

lummoxy (comparative more lummoxy, superlative most lummoxy)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a lummox; awkward, ungainly, or inept.
    • Perhaps more surprising from the director of Oppenheimer, Damon’s lummoxy Odysseus also seems to lack technological intelligence (polymēchania).2026, Emily Wilson, “An Uncomplicated Man”, in London Review of Books, volume 48, number 14

Synonyms of lummoxy

Forms of lummoxy

comparativemore lummoxy
superlativemost lummoxy

Origin of lummoxy

From lummox + (adjectival suffix) -y

Questions about lummoxy

What does lummoxy mean?
Lummoxy means resembling or characteristic of a lummox; awkward, ungainly, or inept.
What part of speech is lummoxy?
Lummoxy is an adjective.

Words near lummoxy in the dictionary

  1. lummock
  2. lummocks
  3. lummockses
  4. lummox
  5. lummoxes
  6. lummoxy
  7. lummux
  8. lummuxes
  9. lummy
  10. Lumney
  11. LUMO

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