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Dodd¹
Where it comes from
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# Old English personal names Dodd(a), Dudd(a)
# The Proto-Germanic root *dudd-/*dodd- (“rounded”), denoting a rounded, lumpish man, or a stupid person.
# The same root as Old English dydrian (“to deceive”), denoting a deceiver.
# The verb dod (“to make bare, to lop off”), to denote a fairly hairless person.
proper noun Dodds · Dod
- An English surname from Middle English derived from a Middle English given name of obscure origin. As Dodd wrote in ‘The Empty Nest,’ “To me, it was glaringly obvious that parting from a child who has been the centre of your life for twenty-odd years is a really big deal. Yet while new parents are bombarded with advice, empty nest parents are left to muddle through what is arguably the most chall
- An unincorporated community in Tobin Township, Perry County, Indiana, United States.
dodd²
verb dodds · dodding · dodded
- Alternative form of dod (to lop or cut off)
noun dodds
- A rounded summit of a hill; a lower summit or shoulder to a hill
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: dod, hummock, mound, hillock, fell, knoll, hill, butte, bluff, rise, eminence, tor, tump, kame, drumlin, barrow
Talk about this word "dodd." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dodd. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. dodd. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dodd "dodd." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dodd.Cite this
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