clod

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English clod, a late by-form of clot, from Old English clot, from Proto-West Germanic *klott (“mass, ball, clump”). Compare clot and cloud; cognate to kloot (“clod”). Alternatively, Middle English clod may derive from Old English *clod (found in Old English clodhamer (“a kind of thrush”) and Clodhangra (a placename)), from Proto-West Germanic *kloddō (“lump, clod”), from *gel- (“to ball up, become lumpy”), related to West Frisian klodde (“clod, lump”), Dutch klodde (“lump, blob”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /klɒd/ (General American) IPA(key): /klɑd/ Rhymes: -ɒd === Noun === clod (plural clods) A lump of something, especially earth or clay. 1600, Edward Fairfax (translator), originally published in 1581 by Torquato Tasso, w:Jerusalem Delivered clods of blood The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf. A stupid person, a dolt, a clodpate, a clodhopper. 1998, Chickenpox (episode of South Park TV series) Gerald Broflovski: You see Kyle, we humans work as a society, and in order for a society to thrive, we need gods and clods. 2015, "Jail Break" (episode of Steven Universe TV series) Peridot: Don't touch that! You clods don't know what you're doing! Part of a shoulder of beef, or of the neck piece near the shoulder. Holonym: chuck Comeronym: chuck roll ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === clod (third-person singular simple present clods, present participle clodding, simple past and past participle clodded) (transitive) To pelt with clods. (transitive, Scotland) To throw violently; to hurl. To collect into clods, or into a thick mass; to coagulate; to clot. === References === “clod”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === cold, loc'd == Middle English == === Alternative forms === clodd, clodde, cludde === Etymology === A late by-form of clot of unclear provenance. Compare Old English *clod, a form of clot found in compounds and placenames. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /klɔd/ === Noun === clod (plural cloddes) A clod; a ball of earth or clay. (rare) A clot or clump of blood. (rare) A shoulder of beef. ==== Derived terms ==== clodred clodden cloddre ==== Descendants ==== English: clod Scots: clod ==== References ==== “clod, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Welsh == === Etymology === From Proto-Brythonic *klod, from Proto-Celtic *klutom (“rumour; fame”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“heard, famous”) (whence also clywed (“to hear”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kloːd/ === Noun === clod m (plural clodydd) praise, renown, credit distinction (in exam results) ==== Derived terms ==== anghlod (“dispraise”) canu clodydd (“to sing the praises of”) clodfawr, clodwiw, hyglod (“famous, renowned”) === Mutation === === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “clod”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies