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stuffy

adj
/ˈstʌfi/

Etymology

From stuff + -y.

  1. derived from *stoppōn✻ — “to clog up, block, fill”
  2. derived from stoffōn
  3. derived from estofe
  4. derived from stuffa
  5. inherited from stuf
  6. formed as stuffy — “stuff + -y”

Definitions

  1. Poorly ventilated

    Poorly ventilated; partially plugged.

    • I can’t smell very well today – I have a stuffy nose.
    • Let’s go outside – it’s getting stuffy in here.

  2. Uncomfortably warm without sufficient air circulation.

    • Abby Jimenez Like my life was a stuffy room, and you’re the breeze that came in when the window opened.
    • We all sat in stuffy classrooms and had men in tweedy sportscoats ruin our afternoons.

  3. Stout

    Stout; mettlesome; resolute.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Angry and obstinate

      Angry and obstinate; sulky.

    2. Boring, old-fashioned, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional.

      • The stuffy professor droned on as the class lost interest.

    3. Synonym of stuffed toy.

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Derived

stodgy, stuffily, stuffiness, unstuffy

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for stuffy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA