cloddish

[ klod-ish ]

/ ˈklɒd ɪʃ /

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

Nearby words

First recorded in 1835–45; clod + -ish¹

Related formsclod·dish·ly, adverbclod·dish·ness, noun

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It should rather be an expression of his grand unnatural remoteness from the cloddish life.
Crome Yellow|Aldous Huxley
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
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
She was no longer a cloddish lump of horseflesh, but an individual, a soul; Gregg's hand fell from his gun.
The Seventh Man|Max Brand

The historian remarks: "The cloddish, shiftless farmer is perhaps safer in Massachusetts."
A Truthful Woman in Southern California|Kate Sanborn

adj.

1844, from clod (n.) + -ish. Related: Clodishly; clodishness.