clotted ppl adjective. ['klɒtɪd] E17.
[from CLOT verb + -ED¹. In sense 1b prob. alt. of CLOUTED.]
1. Formed into clots or lumps; coagulated, congealed; matted in or with clots; covered with clots of blood etc. E17.
b. Of cream: made by scalding milk. L19.

2. fig. Concentrated, dense, impenetrable. L17.
■ W. Empson I tried to defend my clotted kind of poetry.

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