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(stä′jē)

adjective stodgier, stodgiest

heavy and unpalatable: said of food
heavily built; bulky and slow in movement
dull; tedious; uninteresting
drab, unfashionable, or unattractive
stubbornly old-fashioned; narrow and conventional

Origin: < stodge + -y

Related Forms:

stodgily adverb
stodginess noun

See stodgy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective stodg·i·er, stodg·i·est

a. Dull, unimaginative, and commonplace.
b. Prim or pompous; stuffy: “Why is the middle-class so stodgy—so utterly without a sense of humor!” (Katherine Mansfield). See Synonyms at dull.
Indigestible and starchy; heavy: stodgy food.
Solidly built; stocky.

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Origin: From stodge, thick filling food

Origin: , from stodge, to cram

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Related Forms:

stodgˈi·ly adverb

stodgˈi·ness noun

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