CLODDISH

cloddish, doltish

(adjective) heavy and dull and stupid

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

cloddish (comparative more cloddish, superlative most cloddish)

Like a clod, a person who is foolish, stupid or parochial.

Of or pertaining to lumpy soil.

Source: Wiktionary


Clod"dish, a.

Definition: Resembling clods; gross; low; stupid; boorish. Hawthorne.

– Clod"dish*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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