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DictionarystodgyDull and old-fashioned
adjective

stodgy

STAH-jee/ˈstɑːdʒi/

Heavy and difficult to digest.

The stodgy pudding is dense and heavy.

A thick dense pudding with a heavy wedge served on a plate.
Etymology
stodgEnglishto stuff, satiate
+yEnglishcharacterized by

Stodge meant “to stuff or satiate,” though its own origin is unknown. Stodgy first described thick, semi-solid material; use of stodge for food led to the figurative dullness and heaviness of old-fashioned ideas or habits.

In context

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More examples

  • The dumplings are stodgy, and I struggle to finish them.
  • Adding more flour makes the pudding even stodgier.
  • I avoid stodgy meals before a long hike.

Forms

stodgy · stodgier · stodgiest

stodginess noun — The quality of being heavy to digest.

Similar words

heavy
Describes filling food without necessarily suggesting difficulty digesting it.
rich
Emphasizes abundant fat or sugar rather than difficult digestion.