clodpoll

[ klod-pohl ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. a stupid person; blockhead.

Word History and Origins

Origin of clodpoll¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; clod + poll ¹

Example Sentences

"And you're a clodpoll," said the girl, bitterly, "and a ninny, a numbskull, a lackwit and a coxcomb!"

From Literature

"Which only goes to prove that you are indeed a ninny, a lackwit, and a...a clodpoll."

From Literature

Come now, have courage to be wise: begin: You're halfway over when you once plunge in: He who puts off the time for mending, stands A clodpoll by the stream with folded hands, Waiting till all the water be gone past; But it runs on, and will, while time shall last.

From Project Gutenberg

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