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- 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.
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Aug 18, 2024 · clodpole (plural clodpoles) (derogatory) A stupid person; blockhead. Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)
1. a lump of earth or clay. 2. earth, esp when heavy or in hard lumps. 3. Also called: clodpole, clod pollorclodpate 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] ˈcloddyadj. ˈcloddishadj.
Definitions from Wiktionary (clodpole) noun: (derogatory) a stupid person; blockhead
Examples. Automatically generated practical examples in English: Harum-scarum, clodpole young lairds of the neighbourhood paid him the compliment of a visit. Young Hay of Romanes rode down to call, on his crop-eared pony; young Pringle of Drumanno came up on his bony grey.
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. donkey. doofus [slang] dope. dork [slang] dullard.
A lourdeau, my dear brother, is as we might say a bumpkin, a clown, a clodpole: a fellow without grace, lightness, quickness; any gift of pleasing, any natural brilliancy: such a one as you shall see, when you desire, by looking in the mirror.
Colloquialism. Colloquialism is the use of informal language and slang. It's often used by authors to lend a sense of realism to their characters and dialogue. Forms of colloquialism include words, phrases, and contractions that aren't real words (such as "gonna" and "ain't").
