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spoddy

spoddy adjective: like a spod; swotty; dorky.

Adjective

spoddy (comparative more spoddy, superlative most spoddy)

  1. (informal) Like a spod; swotty; dorky.
    • Remember those French boys we had to have at school? They were utterly spoddy.1993, Joanna Trollope, A Spanish Lover

Forms of spoddy

comparativemore spoddy
superlativemost spoddy

Origin of spoddy

From spod + -y.

Questions about spoddy

What does spoddy mean?
Spoddy means like a spod; swotty; dorky.
What part of speech is spoddy?
Spoddy is an adjective.

Words near spoddy in the dictionary

  1. Spocks
  2. spod
  3. spodded
  4. Spodden
  5. spodding
  6. spoddy
  7. Spoden
  8. Spodens
  9. spodic
  10. spodik
  11. spodiks

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