Clouterly
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Clumsy; awkward. obsolete
"I say that he seems to me to be so set, so prim, so affected, so mincing, yet so clouterly in his person, that I dare engage for thy opinion if thou dost justice to him, and to thyself, that thou never beheldest such another, except in a pier-glass."
Example
More examples"I say that he seems to me to be so set, so prim, so affected, so mincing, yet so clouterly in his person, that I dare engage for thy opinion if thou dost justice to him, and to thyself, that thou never beheldest such another, except in a pier-glass."
Etymology
From clouter + -ly.
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