"cloddish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more cloddish [comparative], most cloddish [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English clod Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English cloddish From clod + -ish. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|clod|-ish|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English clod Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English cloddish [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-iskaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-isk", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-isċ", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ish", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ish", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "cloddish", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="cloddish"> From 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 referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 92 8 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 100 0 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 100 0 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 92 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 96 4 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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