stodgy
/ˈstɒ.d͡ʒi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Having a thick, semi-solid consistency; glutinous; heavy on the stomach.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- ""What's the matter with you?" — "Nothing. I'm sorry to be so damned emotional, but for six months I've been starved for beauty." — "You used to be so matter of fact. It's very interesting to hear you say that." — "Damn it all, I don't want to be interesting," laughed Philip. "Let's go and have a stodgy tea.""
- "“. . . 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.”"
- "The Southampton striker, who also struck a post late on, was being serenaded by the Wembley crowd before the end and should probably brace himself for some Lambert-mania over the coming days but, amid the eulogies, it should not overlook the deficiencies that were evident in another stodgy England performance."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈstɒ.d͡ʒi/