clumpish

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English

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Etymology

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clump +‎ -ish

Adjective

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clumpish (comparative more clumpish, superlative most clumpish)

  1. Tending to form clumps.
  2. Heavy and awkward; clumpy.
    • 1948, Josephine Tey, The Franchise Affair, page 37:
      The girl was wearing her school coat, and childish low-heeled clumpish black school shoes; and consequently looked younger than Blair had anticipated.