Cloggy
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Tending to cause clogging due to its texture; lumpy; sticky.
"[…] Nature stirres up all young things, Boyes, and Lambs, and Kitlins, to play and run about, by which they disperse the cloggy humours that otherwise would settle in their joynts […]"
- 2 Somewhat clogged or impeded.
"a cloggy throat"
Adjective
- 1 (used of soil) compact and fine-grained wordnet
Synonyms
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More examples"[…] Nature stirres up all young things, Boyes, and Lambs, and Kitlins, to play and run about, by which they disperse the cloggy humours that otherwise would settle in their joynts […]"
Etymology
From clog + -y.
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