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stodginesses

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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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stodgy 
1823, "of a thick, semi-solid consistency," from stodge "to stuff" (1674), of unknown origin, perhaps somehow imitative. Meaning "dull, heavy" developed by 1874 from noun sense of stodge applied to food (1825).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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