fumblern.
/ˈfʌmbl̩ə/, /ˈfʌmblə/, U.S. /ˈfəmb(ə)lər/ a. One who fumbles, in senses of the verb.
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the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > [noun] > one who speaks inarticulately > one who stammered or stuttered
wlaffer1340
buffera1382
droterc1440
stoterc1440
mafflardc1450
rattler1483
stammerera1513
fumbler1519
stutter1530
maffler1552
mantera1585
stutterer1598
hummer1820
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > clumsiness or awkwardness > manual clumsiness > person
fumbler1803
butterfingers1835
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria iii. f. 31 No man shulde rebuke..a stuttar or fumblar.
1803 H. K. White My Study in Clifton Grove 75 The work of, Sir, your humble Servant; (Who, tho' I say't, am no such fumbler).
1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxiv, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 214 I must not let down the character of the work, to flatter a few feckless fumblers.
1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such viii. 145 He may be a mere fumbler in physiology and yet show a keen insight into human motives.
b. slang. (See quot. 1699.)
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > reproductive organ disorders > [noun] > of male > impotence > person
fumbler1640
Tom Farthing1674
1640 R. Brome Sparagus Garden ii. ii What stay we for, can you tell fumbler?
1681 J. Oldham Satyrs upon Jesuits 152 May the old fumbler..Have strength to give her Claps.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Fumbler, an unperforming Husband, one that is insufficient.
1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth V. 349 Wench Fumblers, give ear ev'ry Man.
1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xi. 76 In the meantime, give me a kiss, you old fumbler.
1819 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) III. 90 A married couple, who have had no children, after a certain number of years, are compelled by their neighbours to give what we call a Fumbler's Feast.
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