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clodpate

clodpate noun: a blockhead; an idiot or fool.

Noun

clodpate (plural clodpates)

  1. (dated) A blockhead; an idiot or fool.
    • [The knight] clomped along on his carthorse, complaining that knightly deeds were very hard to come by these days, and that knights errant had to put up with wayside clouts and clodpate pummelling in place of jousts of arms and splintering lances for love of fair ladies.1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 54

Forms of clodpate

pluralclodpates

Origin of clodpate

From clod + pate.

Questions about clodpate

What does clodpate mean?
Clodpate means a blockhead; an idiot or fool.
What part of speech is clodpate?
Clodpate is a noun.
What is the plural of clodpate?
The plural of clodpate is clodpates.

Words near clodpate in the dictionary

  1. clodhoppingly
  2. clodknocker
  3. clodknockers
  4. clodlet
  5. clodlets
  6. clodpate
  7. clodpated
  8. clodpates
  9. clodpole
  10. clodpoles
  11. clodpolish

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