gawky

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

GAWK'Y, adjective Foolish; awkward; clumsy; clownish. [In this sense it is retained in vulgar use in America.] GAWK'Y, noun A stupid, ignorant, awkward fellow.
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