Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Clumsy

(Norwegian, klump, a lump, Swedish, klummsen, benumbed; Icelandic, klumsa). Piers Plowman has “thou klompsist for cold,” and Wiclif has “Our hondis ben aclumpsid”. Halliwell gives us clumpish = awkward, and clump = lazy.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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