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Added 10 October 2026

clot

/klɒt/ noun

In Latin: blatta Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about clot at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.
A solidified mass of any liquid.
A person who is silly, stupid, dull, a clod.

verb

To form a clot or mass.
To cause to clot or form into a mass.

Origin

From Middle English clot, clotte, from Old English clott, from Proto-West Germanic *klott (“lump”). Cognate with German Klotz (“block”). Doublet of clod and klutz.

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