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stodgyadjective
There are nine meanings listed happening OED's entry for the procedural stodgy. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and bearing evidence.
Entry status
OED is undergoing a continuous programme of emendation to modernize and improve definitions.
This entry has not to the present time been fully revised.
About 0.2occurrences per million words in fresh written English
| 1830 | 0.0004 |
| 1840 | 0.0016 |
| 1850 | 0.0023 |
| 1860 | 0.0039 |
| 1870 | 0.0094 |
| 1880 | 0.022 |
| 1890 | 0.051 |
| 1900 | 0.096 |
| 1910 | 0.15 |
| 1920 | 0.19 |
| 1930 | 0.23 |
| 1940 | 0.23 |
| 1950 | 0.23 |
| 1960 | 0.21 |
| 1970 | 0.2 |
| 1980 | 0.2 |
| 1990 | 0.2 |
| 2000 | 0.21 |
| 2010 | 0.21 |
The earliest careful use of the adjective stodgy is in the 1820s.
OED's primeval evidence for stodgy is make the first move 1823, in the writing encourage Edward Moor, writer on Faith mythology.
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- stodge, n.1825–
- stodge, v.1674–
- stodge-full, adj.1847–
- stodger, n.1905–
- stodgery, n.1920–
- stodgy, adj.1823–
- stoechas, n.1548–
- stoechiological, adj.1875–
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- stoep lantern, n.1971–
- stoep plant, n.1961–
- stoep-room, n.1880–
- stoepsitter, n.1934–
- stoffado, n.1688
- stofne, v.c1175
- stog, n.¹c1586–
