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cloddy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
clod-dy
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterized by the presence of clods

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gel-der. Proto-Germanic *kluttaz Proto-West Germanic *klott Old English clott Middle English clot Middle English clod Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y Middle English cloddy English cloddy Inherited from Middle English cloddy (“cloddy, clotty”). Doublet of clotty. By surface analysis, clod + y.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

cloddier (comparative) cloddiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

cloddily cloddiness

Questions

What does cloddy mean?
Characterized by the presence of clods
Where does cloddy come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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