bungler

Roget category 701

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.3. Voluntary action
›› 5.3.2. Complex voluntary action

#701. Bungler

noun

bungler — blunderer, blunderhead^† — marplot, fumbler, lubber, duffer, dauber, stick — bad hand, poor hand, poor shot — butterfingers^†.
no conjurer, flat, muff, slow coach, looby^†, lubber, swab — clod, yokel, awkward squad, blanc-bec — galoot^†.
land lubber — fresh water sailor, fair weather sailor — horse marine — fish out of water, ass in lion's skin, jackdaw in peacock's feathers — quack etc. (deceiver) 548 — lord of misrule.
sloven, slattern, trapes^†.
amateur, novice, greenhorn (learner) 541.

phrase

il n'a pas invente' la poudre [Fr.] — he will never set the Thames on fire — acierta errando [Lat.] — aliquis in omnibus nullus in singulis [Lat.].

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