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stodgy

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stodg⋅y

  [stoj-ee]
–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.
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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
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Word Origin & History

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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