Etymology

klutz

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Today it means: A clumsy or stupid person. Full definition →

Yiddish קלאָץ
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  1. Yiddish · borrowed fromקלאָץ
  2. English todayklutz

From Yiddish קלאָץ (klots, literally “wooden beam”); cognate to German Klotz (“block, lump”). Doublet of clot and clod.

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