ˈclod-pated,a. [f.prec. + -ed2.] Thickheaded, stupid, dense. 1638Ford Lady's Trial iii. i, You are dull clod-pated lumps of mire and garbish.1712Arbuthnot John Bull (1755) 10 John was not so clod-pated, but at last he took the hint.1822Scott Nigel xxviii, A clod-pated old chandler.