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bungler|ˈbʌŋglə(r)|
Also 6 bongler, 7 bunglar.
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
One who bungles; a clumsy unskilful worker.
1533More Answ. Poyson. Bk. Wks. (1557) 1089/1 He is euen but a very bungler. 1642Milton Apol. Smect. Wks. 1738 I. 127 If any Carpenter, Smith, or Weaver, were such a bungler in his Trade. 1820Irving Sketch Bk. II. 326 A bungler at all..sports that required..patience or adroitness. 1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Jrnls. I. 292 The greatest bungler that ever botched a block of marble.
Hence bungler-like a. and adv.
1603Florio Montaigne (1634) 491 That Painter..having bungler-like drawn..some Cockes. 1613Cotgr., Rudement..ruggedly, harshly, bunglarlike. |