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stodgy in WordNet English dictionary
adjective- (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned
"moss-grown ideas about family life"
fogyish moss-grown mossy stick-in-the-mud stodgy
- excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
"why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?"; "a stodgy dinner party"
stodgy stuffy
- heavy and starchy and hard to digest
"stodgy food"; "a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full"
stodgy
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