† clumsedadj.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
1. Benumbed with cold; numb, palsied, bereft of sensation and power of grasping.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [adjective] > rendered physically insensible > by cold
clumsed1388
numba1400
afoundered?a1425
benumbed1547
numbed1553
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > affected with or having sensation of cold > numbed with cold
clumsed1388
numba1400
benumbed1547
numbed1553
clumsy1600
clumse1611
shrammed1874
1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) Zeph. iii. 16 Sion, thin hondis be not clumsid.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. xxxv. 3 Coumforte ȝe clumsid, ether comelid, hondis.
1483 Cath. Angl. 69 Clumsyd, eneruatus, euiratus.
1674 J. Ray N. Country Words at Clumps Clumpst with cold, i.e. benumbed.
1873 J. Harland Gloss. Words Swaledale Clumpsed.
2. figurative. Dazed:
a. Mentally benumbed or stunned, dumbfounded.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [adjective] > and stunned
astoned1297
mazeda1325
astonieda1375
clumseda1400
stupefact?a1425
astoundc1440
matedc1450
astonate1522
stupid1571
astounded1619
sparrow-blasteda1652
petrified1720
stupent1747
stounded1756
stupefied1790
stunned1845
shent1861
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12213 Clumsd he was quen he can here.
a1400 Gospel of Nichodemus in Herrig Archiv LIII. 418 Þe fendes..Said we er clomsed gret and smalle With yhone kaytyf so kene.
c1440 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) ii. xlv The fende..as a clumsid caytyf bounden wyth the mighte of Jhesu.
b. Of a faculty: Rendered powerless, stupefied.
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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 12227 My hert is clumsed [Vesp. clumsd] for to here.
3. figurative. Hardened in sin, dead to moral influences.
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society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [adjective] > insensible to moral influence
clumseda1340
obduratec1450
obdureda1500
obdure?1590
obfirmed1597
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > sin > [adjective] > very
sin-wooda1325
clumseda1340
obduratec1450
obdureda1500
unreclaimed1591
obfirmed1597
sooty1656
unreconciled1711
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xvii. 6 Men that er klumst in thaire synn.
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxviii. 70 Thaire hert is lopird, that is, clumst, thorgh pride and enuy.
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxix. 6 When i forbad thaim thaire illis, thai ware clumste, and strafe agayns me.
1340 Pr. Consc. 1651 He es outher clomsed, or wode.
4. dialect. (Cf. clumse adj.)
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1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Clumpst, stolid, surly, uncouth, ill-mannered, taciturn.
Derivatives
† †clumsthead n. Obsolete = clumstness n.
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society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > insensibility to moral influence
clumstheada1340
clumstnessa1340
obduracy1600
obdurateness1612
obdureness1624
obduredness1633
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lvii, 4 Þaire woednes is clowmsthed [MS. N. clumsthede], þat will not be turned.
† †clumstness n. Obsolete mental or moral stupefaction; moral deadness.
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society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > insensibility to moral influence
clumstheada1340
clumstnessa1340
obduracy1600
obdurateness1612
obdureness1624
obduredness1633
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxx. 27 Connynge of ill & clomstnes in syn.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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