cloddish

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   awkward, dull, or lacking sensitivity and refinement

   His cloddish remarks offended everyone at the dinner.

2. 2
   adj

   consisting of or resembling clods of lumpy earth

   The gardener broke up the cloddish soil before planting.

Formed in English from clod, originally a lump of earth and later a term for a dull or awkward person, plus the adjective-forming suffix -ish.

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