butterfingered
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butterfingered
- /ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəd/ UK
- /ˈbʌtɚˌfɪŋɡɚd/ US
- [-ɾɚ-] US
Where it comes from
From butter + fingered (“having fingers (of the specified kind)”), an allusion to people tending to drop things because their hands are so slippery that they seem to be covered in butter.
adjective more butterfingered · most butterfingered · butter-fingered
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Prone to dropping things; clumsy.
[S]hee [a housewife] muſt be cleanly both in body and garments, ſhe muſt haue a quicke eye, a curious noſe, a perfect taſte and a ready care (ſhe muſt not be butter fingered, ſweet-toothed, nor faint hearted); for, the firſt will let euery thing fall, the ſecond will conſume what it ſhould increaſe,
Similar: ambilevous, ambisinistrous
Translations
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adj prone to dropping things — see also clumsy
| Français | qui a des mains de beurre |
|---|---|
| Italiano | maldestro |
| Русский | косору́кий kosorúkij, кривору́кий krivorúkij |
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