clodpole
Dim-witted rural fool
A clodpole is a stupid or clumsy person—a blockhead.
The word combines clod (a lump of earth) with pole (head), suggesting someone with dirt for brains.
It appears in older literature, including Shakespeare, but sounds deliberately archaic today: Away, you clodpole!
The variant clodpoll means the same thing.
Stupid person
- buffoonLudicrous, clumsy fool
- dunceSlow-witted person
- lummoxClumsy, dull person
- oafStupid clumsy person
nincompoop · simpleton · dimwit · numbskull · nitwit · halfwit · bonehead · dunderhead
Old and outdated
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- ShakespeareanOf the Stratford playwright
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- archaismObsolete but preserved phrasing
anachronism · dated · outmoded · bygone · relic · disuse · old-fashioned · quaint
dolt
Stupid person
oaf · nincompoop · simpleton · dimwit · numbskull · nitwit · halfwit · bonehead · dunderhead · knucklehead
antiquated
Old and outdated
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- ShakespeareanOf the Stratford playwright
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
archaism · anachronism · dated · outmoded · bygone · relic · disuse · old-fashioned · quaint · historical
clodpolegenius
Person of rare brilliance
intellect · savant · sage · mastermind · brainiac
clodpolesophisticate
Worldly, cultured person
gentleman · lady · aesthete · cosmopolitan · man of the world
cloud, pole, clog, blockhead, clod, clods, clodhopper, cloddish