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stodginess

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stodg⋅y

  [stoj-ee]
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–adjective, stodg⋅i⋅er, stodg⋅i⋅est.
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-fashioned; unduly formal and traditional: a stodgy old gentleman.
5. dull; graceless; inelegant: a stodgy business suit.
Origin:
1815–25; stodge + -y 1

Related forms:
stodg⋅i⋅ly, adverb
stodg⋅i⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. tiresome, stuffy, prosaic.

Antonyms:
1. lively, exciting.
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stodg·y   (stŏj'ē)   
adj.   stodg·i·er, stodg·i·est

    1. Dull, unimaginative, and commonplace.

    2. Prim or pompous; stuffy: "Why is the middle-class so stodgy—so utterly without a sense of humor!" (Katherine Mansfield). See Synonyms at dull.

  2. Indigestible and starchy; heavy: stodgy food.

  3. Solidly built; stocky.


[From stodge, thick filling food, from stodge, to cram.]
stodg'i·ly adv., stodg'i·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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