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clumse.

To numb; benumb; stiffen or paralyse with cold or fear

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈklʌms/

  1. To numb; benumb; stiffen or paralyse with cold or fear

    transitive

  2. To be numb or benumbed; be stiffened or paralysed with cold or fear

    intransitive

  3. To die of thirst

    Scotland · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English clumsen, clomsen, cloumsen, from Old Norse *klumsa (compare Old Norse klumsa (“lock-jawed”)), whence also dialectal Norwegian klumsa (“to make speechless or benumbed”), dialectal Swedish klumsen (“numb with cold”). Compare related Low German verklamen, Dutch kleumen, verkleumen, German verklomen.

adj/ˈklʌms/

  1. benumbed, as with cold

  2. idle; lazy; loutish

Where this word comes from

From Middle English clumsen, clomsen, cloumsen, from Old Norse *klumsa (compare Old Norse klumsa (“lock-jawed”)), whence also dialectal Norwegian klumsa (“to make speechless or benumbed”), dialectal Swedish klumsen (“numb with cold”). Compare related Low German verklamen, Dutch kleumen, verkleumen, German verklomen.

noun/ˈklʌms/

  1. A stupid fellow; numbskull

Where this word comes from

From Middle English clumsen, clomsen, cloumsen, from Old Norse *klumsa (compare Old Norse klumsa (“lock-jawed”)), whence also dialectal Norwegian klumsa (“to make speechless or benumbed”), dialectal Swedish klumsen (“numb with cold”). Compare related Low German verklamen, Dutch kleumen, verkleumen, German verklomen.

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