Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Scotland)A contemptible person; a vile, venomous, or loathsome individual.

  2. (obsolete)Toad.

    By God ye be a pretty pode […]

Origin

From Middle English pode, pod, podde (“toad”), from a merger of Middle English pade, padde

From Middle English pode, pod, podde (“toad”), from a merger of Middle English pade, padde (“toad”) + tode (“toad”), equivalent to a blend of pad + toad.

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Forms

plural: podes
Singularpode
Pluralpodes

regular

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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