clodpate

C3L1O1D2P3A1T1E1

noun

A blockhead; an idiot or fool.

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Meanings

nounclodpate (plural clodpates)

plural clodpates

  1. datedA 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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
idiot

Origin

From clod + pate.

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APA

clodpate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clodpate

MLA

“clodpate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clodpate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clodpate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clodpate.

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