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Cloddish

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clod  (kld)
n.
1. A lump or chunk, especially of earth or clay.
2. Earth or soil.
3. A dull, stupid person; a dolt.

[Middle English, variant of clot, lump; see clot.]

cloddish adj.
cloddish·ly adv.
cloddish·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.cloddish - heavy and dull and stupid
stupid - lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity

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The artist's untroubled creative id was particularly vivid in the dozens of discrete objects that populated a wall of small shelves, delicately cloddish sculptures looking like something from the workroom of Franz West's little sister: tiny houses and containers and doll-like protuberances, all made from ad hoc combinations of craft-basket bits and bobs in taffy pinks, baby blues, and creamy yellows, sewn and glued and pinned together, then sugarcoated with glitter and lace.
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