klutz

Meaning

A clumsy or stupid person.

Frequency

24k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/klʌts/
Etymology

From Yiddish קלאָץ (klots, literally “wooden beam”); cognate to German Klotz (“block, lump”). Doublet of clot and clod.

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