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clod
English
Etymology
From Middle English clod, a late by-form of clot, from Proto-West Germanic *klott (“mass, ball, clump”). Compare clot and cloud; cognate to Dutch klodde (“rag”) and kloot (“clod”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kl?d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kl?d/
- Rhymes: -?d, -??d
Noun
clod (plural clods)
- A lump of something, especially of earth or clay.
- 1600, Edward Fairfax (translator), originally published in 1581 by Torquato Tasso, s:Jerusalem Delivered
- clods of blood
- 1903, Warwick Deeping, Uther and Igraine
- As for yon clod of clay, we will bury it later, lest it should pollute so goodly a pool.
- 1906, Mark Twain, Eve's Diary
- One of the clods took it back of the ear, and it used language. It gave me a thrill, for it was the first time I had ever heard speech, except my own.
- 2010, Clare Vanderpool, Moon Over Manifest
- "What a bunch of hooey," I said under my breath, tossing a dirt clod over my shoulder against the locked-up garden shed.
- 1600, Edward Fairfax (translator), originally published in 1581 by Torquato Tasso, s:Jerusalem Delivered
- The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf.
- 1723, Jonathan Swift, Pethox the Great
- the clod where once their sultan's horse hath trod
- 1723, Jonathan Swift, Pethox the Great
- A stupid person; a dolt.
- 1906, Robert Barr, The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont
- 'What was its number?'
'I don't know, sir.'
'You clod! Why didn't you call one of our men, whoever was nearest, and leave him to shadow the American while you followed the cab?'
- 'What was its number?'
- 1986 February 14, Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes
- So here's a valentine for you, you insensitive clod!!
- 1998, Chickenpox (episode of South Park TV series)
- Gerald Broflovski: You see Kyle, we humans work as a society, and in order for a society to thrive, we need gods and clods.
- 2015, "Jail Break" (episode of Steven Universe TV series)
- Peridot: Don't touch that! You clods don't know what you're doing!
- 1906, Robert Barr, The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont
- Part of a shoulder of beef, or of the neck piece near the shoulder.
Translations
Verb
clod (third-person singular simple present clods, present participle clodding, simple past and past participle clodded)
- (transitive) To pelt with clods.
- 1906, Mark Twain,Eve's Diary"
- "When I went there yesterday evening in the gloaming it had crept down and was trying to catch the little speckled fishes that play in the pool, and I had to clod it to make it go up the tree again and let them alone."
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Jonson to this entry?)
- 1906, Mark Twain,Eve's Diary"
- (transitive, Scotland) To throw violently; to hurl.
- To collect into clods, or into a thick mass; to coagulate; to clot.
- 1610, Template:Giles Fletcher, Christ's Victorie and Triumph
- Clodded in lumps of clay.
- 1610, Template:Giles Fletcher, Christ's Victorie and Triumph
References
clod in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- cold, loc'd
Middle English
Alternative forms
- clodd, clodde, cludde
Etymology
A late by-form of clot of unclear provenance. Compare Old English *clod, a form of clot found in compounds and placenames.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kl?d/
Noun
clod (plural cloddes)
- A clod; a ball of earth or clay.
- (rare) A clot or clump of blood.
- (rare) A shoulder of beef.
Derived terms
- clodred
- clodden
- cloddre
Descendants
- English: clod
- Scots: clod
References
- “clod, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *klutom (“rumour; fame”), from Proto-Indo-European *?lew- (“heard, famous”) (whence also clywed (“to hear”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klo?d/
Noun
clod m (plural clodydd)
- praise, renown, credit
- distinction (in exam results)
Derived terms
- anghlod (“dispraise”)
- canu clodydd (“to sing the praises of”)
- clodfawr (“famous, renowned”)
- clodwiw (“praiseworthy”)
Mutation
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “clod”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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blockhead
English
Alternative forms
- block head, block-head
Etymology
1549, block (“n.”) +? head.
Pronunciation
Noun
blockhead (plural blockheads)
- (colloquial) A stupid person.
- A sideshow performer who hammers nails or similar items through his or her nostril into the nasal cavity; human blockhead.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:idiot
Derived terms
- blockheaded
- blockheadess
Translations
Verb
blockhead (third-person singular simple present blockheads, present participle blockheading, simple past and past participle blockheaded)
- To perform as a human blockhead.
- (rare) To behave in a stupid manner.
Anagrams
- headblock
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