stodgy
pronunciation
How to pronounce stodgy in British English:
UK [ˈstɒdʒi]
How to pronounce stodgy in American English:
US [ˈstɑːdʒi]
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- Adjective:
- (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned
- excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
Word Origin
- stodgy (adj.)
- 1823, "thick, semi-solid," from stodge "to stuff, satiate" (1670s), of unknown origin, perhaps somehow imitative. Meaning "dull, heavy" developed by 1874 from use in reference to food (1841).
Example
- 1. I mean I 'm not talking about these stodgy wives , pug .
- 2. Insurance is a pretty stodgy business .
- 3. May say I am a very stodgy person .
- 4. Conservative : stodgy = sentimental : mawkish .
- 5. John varley , the departing chief executive of barclays , says his priority when he took over in 2004 was to end the british bank 's dependence on its stodgy home market .