Third person singular present tense of 'clutter,' meaning to fill a space with too many things in a disorganized way.
From Middle Dutch 'cloteren,' meaning to clatter or make noise, which evolved to mean creating disorder or confusion. The '-s' suffix marks the third-person singular present tense in English.
The original meaning of 'clutter' was actually about making noise (like things clattering around), and it only later came to mean making a mess—so when something clutters, it's like it's creating visual 'noise' in a space.
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