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- Dictionaryclodpole/ˈklɒdpəʊl/
noun
- 1. a foolish, awkward, or clumsy person. informal, dated
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ˈclodˌpole. A dull or stupid person.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
Sep 29, 2022 · ‘Show the dullest clodpole,’ says my invaluable German friend, ‘show the haughtiest feather-head, that a soul higher than himself is here; were his knees stiffened into brass, he must down and worship.’
1. a lump of earth or clay. 2. earth, esp when heavy or in hard lumps. 3. Also called: clodpole, clod poll or clodpate a dull or stupid person. 4. (Cookery) a cut of beef taken from the shoulder. [Old English clod- (occurring in compound words) lump; related to cloud] ˈcloddy adj. ˈcloddish adj. ˈcloddishly adv. ˈcloddishness n.
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noun. clod· poll ˈkläd-ˌpōl. variants or clodpole. Synonyms of clodpoll. : blockhead. Synonyms. airhead. birdbrain. blockhead. bonehead. bubblehead. chowderhead. chucklehead. clot [ British] cluck. clunk. cretin. cuddy [ British dialect] cuddie. deadhead. dim bulb [ slang] dimwit. dip. dodo. dolt.
Clodpole definition: (pejorative) A <a>stupid</a> person; <a>blockhead.</a>.
Jun 13, 2024 · A dull or stupid person.... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
clodpole ( pl. clodpoles) ( pejorative) a stupid person; blockhead. c. 1600:, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, or What You Will. ...this letter, being so excellently ignorant, will breed no terror in the youth: he will find it comes from a clodpole.
noun pejorative a stupid person; blockhead. Etymologies. from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. clod + pole (“head”) Support. Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word clodpole . Examples. "This letter, being so excellently ignorant ... it comes from a ."
Synonyms for CLODPOLL: mutt, donkey, stupid, goose, idiot, saphead, dumb cluck, dim bulb; Antonyms of CLODPOLL: brain, genius, sage, intellect, intellectual, thinker, wizard, whiz.
