lummox
/ˈlʌməks/noun
lummox is spelled L-U-M-M-O-X: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lummox means “A clumsy, stupid person; an awkward bungler” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lummox is lummoxes.
How many letters and syllables are in lummox?
| Letters | 6: L-U-M-M-O-X |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 49 million words; the 217,360th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is lummox?
Lummox appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce lummox?
- /ˈlʌməks/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-lummox.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of lummox
- lummoxes plural
- lummock
- lummocks
- lummux
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lummox mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalA clumsy, stupid person; an awkward bungler.
You've broken the plates, you great lummox!
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lummox in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense clumsy, stupid person:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does lummox come from?
Unknown. First attested in 1825 in East Anglian slang. Perhaps from "dumb ox", influenced by lumbering; or from or cognate to dialectal verb lummock (“move about heavily or clumsily”), itself a word of uncertain origin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).