klutz
A clumsy or stupid person.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/klʌts/
Etymology
In summary
From Yiddish קלאָץ (klots, literally “wooden beam”); cognate to German Klotz (“block, lump”). Doublet of clot and clod.
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