different between lubberly vs maladroit

English

Etymology

lubber +? -ly

Adjective

lubberly (comparative more lubberly, superlative most lubberly)

1. Clumsy and stupid; resembling a lubber (an inexperienced person).
   • 1693, Thomas Urquhart, translation of Gargantua by Rabelais, Chapter XX:

     Ponocrates and Eudemon burst out in a laughing so heartily, that they had almost split with it, and given up the ghost, in rendering their souls to God: even just as Crassus did, seeing a lubberly ass eat thistles;

2. Lacking in seamanship; of or suitable to a landlubber who is new to being at sea and unfamiliar with the ways of a sailor.
   • 1848, James Fenimore Cooper, "Captain Spike, Or The Islets of the Gulf", in Bentley's Miscellany [1], page 19:

     "Do not use such a lubberly expression, my dear Rose, if you respect your father's profession. On a vessel is a new-fangled Americanism, that is neither fish, flesh, nor red-herring, as we sailors say,— neither English nor Greek."

Translations

Adverb

lubberly (comparative more lubberly, superlative most lubberly)

1. In the manner of a landlubber.
   • 1839, Matthew Henry Barker, Hamilton King [2], page 105:

     I'm not ignorant of these matters, having been many years at sea—and seamen, you must know, are curious in knots; I cannot endure to see anything done lubberly.

English

Etymology

From French maladroit, from mal- (“bad, badly”) + adroit (“skilful”)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?mæl.?.?d???t/

Adjective

maladroit (comparative more maladroit, superlative most maladroit)

1. Not adroit; awkward, clumsy, inept. [from 1670s]

Derived terms

• maladroitly
• maladroitness

Translations

Noun

maladroit (plural maladroits)

1. Somebody who is inept, or lacking in skill, or talent.

Anagrams

• matroidal

French

Etymology

mal- +? adroit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.la.d?wa/

Adjective

maladroit (feminine singular maladroite, masculine plural maladroits, feminine plural maladroites)

1. awkward; clumsy; maladroit

Antonyms

• adroit
• habile
• dextre

Derived terms

• maladroitement

Related terms

• maladresse

Descendants

• English: maladroit

Further reading

• “maladroit” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).