We have heard the laud for them, and inept have been our hands, tribulation has taken us, we are sore as the one laboring with a child.
Jeremiah, 6:24
■→Wycliffe volume 3, page 358
Early Version
We han herd the loes of it, losid atwynne ben oure hondus ; tribulacioun caʒte vs, sorewis as the trauailende with childe.
Later Version
We herden the fame therof, oure hondis ben ‘aclumsid; tribulacioun hath take vs as a womman trauelinge of child.
Wycliffe forms and reference
p.p. aclumsid, Jeremiah 6:24, Ezekiel 21:7;
p.p. acumblid, Jeremiah 6:24,
■→Stratmann, page 31
Etymology
Old English a-cumlen, to become cramped.
Modern English
Modern form: ■→clumsy
Modern senses: awkward, inept, maladroit.
Synonyms
■→gauche
■→gawky
■→hefty
■→hick
■→ill-chosen
■→Moby Thesaurus
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