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cloddish

[ klod-ish ]

/ ˈklɒd ɪʃ /

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adjective

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

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Origin of cloddish

First recorded in 1835–45; clod + -ish¹

OTHER WORDS FROM cloddish

clod·dish·ly, adverbclod·dish·ness, noun

Words nearby cloddish

clock watcher, clockwise, clockwork, clockwork universe, clod, cloddish, clodhopper, clodhopping, clodpoll, Cloë, Cloete

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How to use cloddish in a sentence

Raw-boned, angular, cloddish but as strong as a mule, he towered over her in a maddening atmosphere of proprietorship.
Desert Dust|Edwin L. Sabin
Two cloddish-looking contadini stood gazing at him, rapt in awe.
A Girl Among the Anarchists|Isabel Meredith
The historian remarks: "The cloddish, shiftless farmer is perhaps safer in Massachusetts."
A Truthful Woman in Southern California|Kate Sanborn
There is something in a moonlit night at sea that must touch in the most cloddish heart a spring of fancy.
The Shoes of Fortune|Neil Munro

It should rather be an expression of his grand unnatural remoteness from the cloddish life.
Crome Yellow|Aldous Huxley