doughyadj.

Brit.

/ˈdəʊi/, U.S.

/ˈdoʊi/

Forms: see dough n. and -y suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dough n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < dough n. + -y suffix¹.Compare German teigig (16th cent.).

1. Made or consisting of dough; covered with dough. Also of bread, a biscuit, etc.: underbaked; having a heavy, sticky consistency. Also figurative and in figurative contexts.

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the world > food and drink > food > consistency of food > [adjective] > doughy

doughy1578

dunch1824

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [adjective] > soggy or imperfectly baked

dough-baken?a1450

clammy1530

doughish1556

doughy1578

dough-baked1582

slack-baked1823

sod1836

soggy1868

1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 205 This God was made of all kinde of seedes..and being ground, they made a certayne past... Many deuoute persons came and sticked in the dowy Image [Sp. massa] precious stones.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. xxi. 717 Such bread fitteth them best which hath no leuen in it, is not much baked, but remaineth somewhat doughie and clammie.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. v. 3 All the vnbak'd and dowy youth of a nation.

1670 O. Heywood Sure Mercies of David ix. 158 A Cake half-baked, hot and hard on one side, cold and doughy on the other.

?1795 ‘J. Cade’ Quartern Loaf for Eight-pence 5 If wheat be made into bread, unwrought or unleavened, it is very doughy, and pleasantly stays a long time in the stomach.

1826 S. Smith in Edinb. Rev. June 55 A cook might as well resolve to make bread without fermentation, as a pedagogue to carry on a school without emulation. It must be a sad doughy lump without this vivifying principle.

1875 Our Boys & Girls Mar. 182/1 Belle appeared with..one spot of flour on the top of her head..and a huge doughy apron.

1893 Earl of Dunmore Pamirs II. 230 The bread we had to eat was..very doughy.

1916 L. L. Hope Outdoor Girls on Pine Island x. 83 ‘Say, Betty,’ she added, regarding the doughy mixture..‘I shouldn't mind learning how to make them [sc. the biscuits] myself.’

1971 Washington Post 16 Dec. d19/3 Adding extra flour to a soft dough may make the cookie too doughy.

2017 Evening Gaz. (Middlesbrough) (Nexis) 26 May 54 The boys' pizzas were absolutely gorgeous... Soft and doughy with just the right amount of topping.

a. Resembling uncooked dough in consistency or texture.

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1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. iii. xiv. 147 The Chevreuse [Peach]..has no other fault, than that sometimes its pulp grows Doughy..when it is let to ripen too much upon the Tree.

1741 C. Perry Treat. Dis. II. v. xi. 181 Those Swellings are often pulpy or doughy, and the Parts are benumb'd.

1764 P. Miller tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Elements Agric. I. i. vii. 71 Some [Marls]..have the appearance of clay: these feel doughy between the Fingers.

1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 353/1 Incorporating pitch..melted in a cauldron with as much of the..powder as will form a tough doughy mass.

1871 T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. & Morbid Anat. vi. 55 The organ..feels doughy, and pits on pressure with the finger.

1917 N.Y. Med. Jrnl. 21 July 113/1 The stool is a cylindrical mass of doughy or soft consistency.

2010 J. Cohen tr. D. Grossman To End of Land 130 She climbs up the opposite bank through deep, doughy mud that enfolds her feet.

b. Of the complexion, face, or part of the body: resembling dough in colour or appearance, frequently as indicative of ill health; pallid, pasty; pale and somewhat flabby or bloated.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak > of constitution

neshOE

tender?c1225

softa1387

delicatea1398

nicec1450

slendera1500

weak?1523

dainty1562

fine1562

cockney1573

weakly1577

dough-baked1592

lax1732

flimsy1742

lax-fibred1762

doughy1763

dauncy1846

fragile1858

slim1877

chétif1908

1763 A. Sutherland Attempts Antient Med. Doctr. II. v. iii. 64 The inhabitants of fenny countries are of a sleepy disposition, and doughy pale complexion.

1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) II. 161 White tongue in the morning, and a pallid doughy countenance.

1864 W. Strange Sources of Health iii. 86 The inmates pallid, with puffy, flabby features, fat, doughy hands, and lustreless eyes.

1890 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 11 May 12/6 The sallow, doughy, pasty faces of Washington society are fast disappearing.

1915 N.Y. State Jrnl. Med. 6 364/1 The child had a pasty, pale doughy complexion, and was over fat for her age.

1998 V. Block Was it Something I Said i. 8 His mother's doughy legs—spectrally pale, crisscrossed with lines of gnarled blue knots.

2017 A. Fine Blood Family 251 My skin looked doughy, and I had..massive cold sores on each side of my mouth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	doughy
释义	doughyadj. Brit. /ˈdəʊi/, U.S. /ˈdoʊi/ Forms: see dough n. and -y suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dough n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < dough n. + -y suffix¹.Compare German teigig (16th cent.). 1. Made or consisting of dough; covered with dough. Also of bread, a biscuit, etc.: underbaked; having a heavy, sticky consistency. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consistency of food > [adjective] > doughy doughy1578 dunch1824 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [adjective] > soggy or imperfectly baked dough-baken?a1450 clammy1530 doughish1556 doughy1578 dough-baked1582 slack-baked1823 sod1836 soggy1868 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 205 This God was made of all kinde of seedes..and being ground, they made a certayne past... Many deuoute persons came and sticked in the dowy Image [Sp. massa] precious stones. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. xxi. 717 Such bread fitteth them best which hath no leuen in it, is not much baked, but remaineth somewhat doughie and clammie. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. v. 3 All the vnbak'd and dowy youth of a nation. View more context for this quotation 1670 O. Heywood Sure Mercies of David ix. 158 A Cake half-baked, hot and hard on one side, cold and doughy on the other. ?1795 ‘J. Cade’ Quartern Loaf for Eight-pence 5 If wheat be made into bread, unwrought or unleavened, it is very doughy, and pleasantly stays a long time in the stomach. 1826 S. Smith in Edinb. Rev. June 55 A cook might as well resolve to make bread without fermentation, as a pedagogue to carry on a school without emulation. It must be a sad doughy lump without this vivifying principle. 1875 Our Boys & Girls Mar. 182/1 Belle appeared with..one spot of flour on the top of her head..and a huge doughy apron. 1893 Earl of Dunmore Pamirs II. 230 The bread we had to eat was..very doughy. 1916 L. L. Hope Outdoor Girls on Pine Island x. 83 ‘Say, Betty,’ she added, regarding the doughy mixture..‘I shouldn't mind learning how to make them [sc. the biscuits] myself.’ 1971 Washington Post 16 Dec. d19/3 Adding extra flour to a soft dough may make the cookie too doughy. 2017 Evening Gaz. (Middlesbrough) (Nexis) 26 May 54 The boys' pizzas were absolutely gorgeous... Soft and doughy with just the right amount of topping. 2. a. Resembling uncooked dough in consistency or texture. ΚΠ 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. iii. xiv. 147 The Chevreuse [Peach]..has no other fault, than that sometimes its pulp grows Doughy..when it is let to ripen too much upon the Tree. 1741 C. Perry Treat. Dis. II. v. xi. 181 Those Swellings are often pulpy or doughy, and the Parts are benumb'd. 1764 P. Miller tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Elements Agric. I. i. vii. 71 Some [Marls]..have the appearance of clay: these feel doughy between the Fingers. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 353/1 Incorporating pitch..melted in a cauldron with as much of the..powder as will form a tough doughy mass. 1871 T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. & Morbid Anat. vi. 55 The organ..feels doughy, and pits on pressure with the finger. 1917 N.Y. Med. Jrnl. 21 July 113/1 The stool is a cylindrical mass of doughy or soft consistency. 2010 J. Cohen tr. D. Grossman To End of Land 130 She climbs up the opposite bank through deep, doughy mud that enfolds her feet. b. Of the complexion, face, or part of the body: resembling dough in colour or appearance, frequently as indicative of ill health; pallid, pasty; pale and somewhat flabby or bloated. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak > of constitution neshOE tender?c1225 softa1387 delicatea1398 nicec1450 slendera1500 weak?1523 dainty1562 fine1562 cockney1573 weakly1577 dough-baked1592 lax1732 flimsy1742 lax-fibred1762 doughy1763 dauncy1846 fragile1858 slim1877 chétif1908 1763 A. Sutherland Attempts Antient Med. Doctr. II. v. iii. 64 The inhabitants of fenny countries are of a sleepy disposition, and doughy pale complexion. 1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) II. 161 White tongue in the morning, and a pallid doughy countenance. 1864 W. Strange Sources of Health iii. 86 The inmates pallid, with puffy, flabby features, fat, doughy hands, and lustreless eyes. 1890 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 11 May 12/6 The sallow, doughy, pasty faces of Washington society are fast disappearing. 1915 N.Y. State Jrnl. Med. 6 364/1 The child had a pasty, pale doughy complexion, and was over fat for her age. 1998 V. Block Was it Something I Said i. 8 His mother's doughy legs—spectrally pale, crisscrossed with lines of gnarled blue knots. 2017 A. Fine Blood Family 251 My skin looked doughy, and I had..massive cold sores on each side of my mouth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1578
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