"cloddish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more cloddish [comparative], most cloddish [superlative]
Etymology: From clod + -ish. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|clod|ish}} clod + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} cloddish (comparative more cloddish, superlative most cloddish)
  1. Like a clod, a person who is foolish, stupid or parochial. Translations (a person who is foolish): глупав (glupav) (Bulgarian), недодялан (nedodjalan) (Bulgarian), parasztos (Hungarian), nehézkes (Hungarian), esetlen (Hungarian), faragatlan (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-cloddish-en-adj-nCv~GWEj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 100 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of 'a person who is foolish': 100 0
  2. Of or pertaining to lumpy soil. Translations (of or pertaining to lumpy soil): на буци (na buci) (Bulgarian), rögös (Hungarian), göröngyös (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-cloddish-en-adj-YD0-6kBw Disambiguation of 'of or pertaining to lumpy soil': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cloddishly, cloddishness
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      "sense": "a person who is foolish",
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      "sense": "a person who is foolish",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "a person who is foolish",
      "word": "parasztos"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a person who is foolish",
      "word": "nehézkes"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a person who is foolish",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a person who is foolish",
      "word": "faragatlan"
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      "word": "на буци"
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      "word": "rögös"
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