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Definition of Stodgy
1. Adjective. Heavy and starchy and hard to digest. "A stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full"
2. Adjective. (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned. "Moss-grown ideas about family life"
Similar to: Unfashionable, Unstylish
Derivative terms: Stodginess
3. Adjective. Excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull. "A stodgy dinner party"
Definition of Stodgy
1. a. Wet.
Definition of Stodgy
1. Adjective. (context: of food) having a thick, semi-solid consistency; glutinous; heavy on the stomach. ¹
2. Adjective. dull, old-fashioned ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stodgy
1. boring [adj STODGIER, STODGIEST] : STODGILY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stodgy
Literary usage of Stodgy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On Professional Education, with Special Reference to Medicine: An Address by Thomas Clifford Allbutt (1906)
"Another says, " We cannot have the mens sana without the corpus sanum"\—surely
a stodgy sentiment. And another assures us that " science is useful, ..."
2. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
""A stodgy mess." Used metaphorically to a short, thick-set person. " He's a stodgy
little man." Ms STOMACH. " To stick in the stomach:" to remain in the ..."
3. Shropshire Word-book: A Glossary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Etc., Used by Georgina Frederica Jackson (1879)
"stodgy, (1) adj. thick,—' dunna mak' the child's pap so stodgy! ... The Maister'ä
gettin' quite stodgy ; sence the lads bin growed up 'e saves 'imself a bit ..."
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