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cloddish

[klod-ish]

adjective

of, pertaining to, or resembling a clod or boor; doltish; stolid.

Origin:
1835–45; clod + -ish¹

Related forms

clod·dish·ly, adverb

clod·dish·ness, noun

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clod (klɒd)

—n
1.	a lump of earth or clay
2.	earth, esp when heavy or in hard lumps
3.	clodpole, clod poll, Also called: clodpate a dull or stupid person
4.	a cut of beef taken from the shoulder

[Old English clod- (occurring in compound words) lump; related to cloud]

'cloddy

—*adj*

'cloddish

—*adj*

'cloddishly

—*adv*

'cloddishness

—n

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