STODGY

stodgy, stuffy

(adjective) excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull; “why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?”; “a stodgy dinner party”

fogyish, moss-grown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud, stodgy

(adjective) (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned; “moss-grown ideas about family life”

stodgy

(adjective) heavy and starchy and hard to digest; “stodgy food”; “a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

stodgy (comparative stodgier or more stodgy, superlative stodgiest or most stodgy)

(of food) Having a thick, semi-solid consistency; glutinous; heavy on the stomach.

Dull, old-fashioned.

(dated) Badly put together.

Source: Wiktionary


Stodg"y, a.

Definition: Wet. [Prov. Eng.] G. Eliot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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