stodgy

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Stead of which I have the mess of pottage--stodgy, porridgy Scots pottage" (_see p. 189 He had his sombre moods, too.

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  1. adjective Dull, unimaginative, and commonplace.
  2. adjective Prim or pompous; stuffy: "Why is the middle-class so stodgy—so utterly without a sense of humor!” (Katherine Mansfield). See Synonyms at dull.
  3. adjective Indigestible and starchy; heavy: stodgy food.

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  1. From stodge, thick filling food, from stodge, to cram.

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  1. Assibilated form of stogy, ult. of stocky.
 

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