adj
stodgy
Stodgy (adj) means Dull and old-fashioned.
adj
1
Dull and old-fashioned.
"I gave up trying to get that stodgy club to try anything new."
"Safer! Good lord! what could you have safer than a stodgy second-rate boarding-house in Hapsburg Square? The place drones respectability."
— Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados (1923)
2
Thick and semi-solid in texture, glutinous, and heavy on the stomach.
"“. . . Why! Why! Why is the middle-class so stodgy—so utterly without a sense of humour! My dear, it's only by a fluke that I am here at all—Norman being the protective fluke.”"
— Katherine Mansfield pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry, Bliss (1918)
3
Clumsily put together.
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Etymology
Unknown, but possibly from stodge (“to stuff”), from stog, or a blend of stuffy + podgy.
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What is the meaning of stodgy?
"stodgy" (adj) means dull and old-fashioned.
What is another word for stodgy?
Other words for "stodgy" include fogyish, mossy, stuffy.
What is the opposite of stodgy?
Opposites of "stodgy" include fashionable, digestible.
What are the different meanings of stodgy?
"stodgy" has 3 main meanings: 1. Dull and old-fashioned; 2. Thick and semi-solid in texture, glutinous, and heavy on the stomach; 3. Clumsily put together.
