wodgy, a.
(ˈwɒdʒɪ)
[f. wodge n. + -y1.]
Solid, bulky. Also fig.
| 1907 P. Dare From School to Stage v. 84 Not a London thin-bread-and-butter tea, but a great, wodgy, six-sliced repast. 1928 Daily Express 8 June 5/5 Wedding cakes..are fattening and indigestible; they are ‘wodgy’ to the palate. 1978 Daily Tel. 30 Aug. 13 (caption) Swirl a piece of totally straight hair high, pin a little wodgy bun of bright crepe paper on over the kerby grips: that's Patrick Ales [sic] way. 1979 Hi-Fi News Dec. 169/2, I only wish I could be as totally enthusiastic about the recording. At average levels it is fine but sudden fortes come with a wodgy quality that is not at all pleasing; there are too many individual resonances for the ear to cope. |