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Stodgy — Stodg y, a. Wet. [Prov. Eng.] G. Eliot. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stodgy — 1823, of a thick, semi solid consistency, from stodge to stuff (1670s), of unknown origin, perhaps somehow imitative. Meaning dull, heavy developed by 1874 from noun sense of stodge applied to food (1825) … Etymology dictionary
stodgy — *dull, humdrum, dreary, monotonous, pedestrian Analogous words: *heavy, weighty, ponderous: *irksome, tedious, wearisome, tiresome, boring: stuffy, straitlaced, prudish (see PRIM) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
stodgy — [adj] dull, stuffy banausic, boring, dim, dreary, formal, heavy, labored, monotonous, pedantic, pedestrian, plodding, ponderous, staid, tedious, turgid, unexciting, unimaginative, uninspired, uninteresting, weighty; concepts 401,404 Ant.… … New thesaurus
stodgy — [stä′jē] adj. stodgier, stodgiest [< STODGE + Y2] 1. heavy and unpalatable: said of food 2. heavily built; bulky and slow in movement 3. dull; tedious; uninteresting 4. drab, unfashionable … English World dictionary
stodgy — [[t]stɒ̱ʤi[/t]] stodgier, stodgiest 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Stodgy food is very solid and heavy. It makes you feel very full, and is difficult to digest. He was disgusted with the stodgy pizzas on sale in London. 2) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n… … English dictionary
stodgy — adjective (stodgier; est) Date: 1854 1. having a rich filling quality ; heavy < stodgy bread > 2. moving in a slow plodding way especially as a result of physical bulkiness 3. boring, dull < out on a peaceful rather stodgy Sunday boat trip Edna… … New Collegiate Dictionary
stodgy — stodgily, adv. stodginess, n. /stoj ee/, adj., stodgier, stodgiest. 1. heavy, dull, or uninteresting; tediously commonplace; boring: a stodgy Victorian novel. 2. of a thick, semisolid consistency; heavy, as food. 3. stocky; thick set. 4. old… … Universalium
stodgy — stodg|y [ˈstɔdʒi US ˈsta: ] adj 1.) if someone or something is stodgy, they are boring and formal or old fashioned used to show disapproval ▪ a stodgy play 2.) BrE stodgy food is heavy and makes you feel full very quickly used to show disapproval … Dictionary of contemporary English
stodgy — adjective 1 stodgy food is heavy and makes you feel full very quickly 2 BrE informal stodgy writing is dull and difficult to read 3 a stodgy person is dull and behaves rather formally stodginess noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
