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clod

  [klod]
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–noun
1. a lump or mass, esp. of earth or clay.
2. a stupid person; blockhead; dolt.
3. earth; soil.
4. something of lesser dignity or value, as the body as contrasted with the soul: this corporeal clod.
5. a part of a shoulder of beef.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME clodde, OE clod- (in clodhamer fieldfare); see cloud

Related forms:
clod⋅di⋅ly, adverb
clod⋅di⋅ness, noun
clodlike, adjective
cloddy, adjective

Synonyms:
2. boor, yokel, lout, oaf, dunce.
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clod   (klŏd)   
n.  

  1. A lump or chunk, especially of earth or clay.

  2. Earth or soil.

  3. A dull, stupid person; a dolt.


[Middle English, variant of clot, lump; see clot.]
clod'dish adj., clod'dish·ly adv., clod'dish·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
clod

  1. n.
    a stupid and oafish person. (Usually refers to a male. Widely known. Usually objectionable.) : Don't be such a clod! Put on your tie, and let's go.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

clod 
O.E. clod- (in clod-hamer "field-goer"), from P.Gmc. *kludda-, from PIE *g(e)leu, from base *gel- "to make round." Synonymous with clot until 18c. Clodhopper "rustic" first attested 1690, originally "plowman."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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