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Stodgy

//ˈstɒ.d͡ʒi// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Dull, old-fashioned.

    "I gave up trying to get that stodgy club to try anything new."

  2. 2
    Having a thick, semi-solid consistency; glutinous; heavy on the stomach.

    ""What's the matter with you?" — "Nothing. I'm sorry to be so damned emotional, but for six months I've been starved for beauty." — "You used to be so matter of fact. It's very interesting to hear you say that." — "Damn it all, I don't want to be interesting," laughed Philip. "Let's go and have a stodgy tea.""

  3. 3
    Badly put together. dated
Adjective
  1. 1
    excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull wordnet
  2. 2
    (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned wordnet
  3. 3
    heavy and starchy and hard to digest wordnet

Etymology

Unknown, but possibly from stodge (“to stuff”), from stog, or a blend of stuffy + podgy.

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