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cloddiness

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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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