sludgyadj.

Brit.

/ˈslʌdʒi/, U.S.

/ˈslədʒi/

Etymology: < sludge n. + -y suffix¹.

1. Muddy, miry, oozy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > mud > [adjective]

slag1440

muddyc1450

lutulentc1600

slutchy1627

luteous1656

sludgy1782

slubby1823

slaky?1841

slobby1843

muddyish1853

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [adjective] > muddy

fennyc897

bymodereda1307

slutchedc1400

muddyc1450

miry?c1475

slabby1542

mired1558

mudded1598

muddied1642

mucksy1665

shabby1705

sludgy1782

slushy1791

1782 W. Gilpin Observ. River Wye (1789) 53 Sludgy shores too appeared on each side.

1805 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. II. 220 A rich sludgy mixture of fine earth and clay.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 560 The man should remove any wet sludgy matter from the bottom of the drain with a scoop.

1878 Cassell's Techn. Educator III. 326 The whole coming off in a sludgy mess, and leaving the paper quite bare.

2. Consisting of newly formed particles of ice; full of sludge-ice.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > [adjective] > consisting of newly-formed ice particles

new1599

young1678

sludgy1853

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxxviii. 348 No sludgy streams of pancake.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxxi. 423 The rise and fall of the sludgy water.

3. Of the colour of sludge.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > other browns

wainscot1577

earth-coloured1722

honey-brown1774

snuff-coloured1787

snuffy1789

moorit1795

iron brown1798

umber1802

umbery1850

sienna-brown1853

oily-brown1861

seal-brown1881

tabac1881

glandaceous1885

cigar-brown1895

bead-brown1912

cocoa1942

toffee-brown1961

toffee1962

sludgy1975

1975 Country Life 18 Dec. 1770/2 ‘Workwear’, made in sludgy colours and materials.

1978 Daily Tel. 6 Dec. 17/4 All colours are sludgy at the fashionable end of the market at present... Pinks, yellows and purples are just unsaleable.

Draft additions 1993

4. figurative. Sluggish, tedious; confused and undefined, ‘muddy’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious

dreicha1300

alangec1330

joylessa1400

tedious1412

wearifulc1454

weary1465

laboriousa1475

tiresome?a1513

irksome1513

wearisome1530

woodena1566

irkful1570

flat1573

leaden1593

barren1600

soaked1600

unlively1608

dulla1616

irking1629

drearisome1633

drear1645

plumbous1651

fatigable1656

dreary1667

uncurious1685

unenlivened1692

blank1726

disinteresting1737

stupid1748

stagnant1749

trist?1756

vegetable1757

borish1766

uninteresting1769

unenlivening1774

oorie1787

wearying1796

subjectless1803

yawny1805

wearing1811

stuffy1813

sloomy1820

tediousome1823

arid1827

lacklustrous1834

boring1839

featureless1839

slow1840

sodden1853

ennuying1858

dusty1860

cabbagy1861

old1864

mouldy1876

yawnful1878

drab1880

dehydrated1884

interestless1886

jay1889

boresome1895

stodgy1895

stuffy1895

yawnsome1900

sludgy1901

draggy1922

blah1937

nowhere1940

drack1945

stupefactive1970

schleppy1978

wack1986

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [adjective]

darkOE

murka1400

cloudyc1400

mistyc1400

unclearc1400

obturate?a1425

obscure?a1439

unplain?c1535

obumbilatec1540

abstruse?1549

darksome1574

mysteriousa1586

obstruse1604

muddy1611

unperspicuous1634

clouded1641

imperspicuous1654

cramp1674

unlucid1711

abstract1725

opaque1761

obumbratory1799

darkling1813

sludgy1901

1901 C. J. C. Hyne Master of Fortune xii. 296 I shall get a sludgy paragraph in the papers for the Grosser Carl, headed ‘Gallant rescue’, with all the facts put upside down.

1921 G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah Pref. 72 There is no question of a new religion, but rather of redistilling the eternal spirit of religion and thus extricating it from the sludgy residue of temporalities and legends that are making belief impossible.

1984 J. Updike Hugging Shore (1985) 160 Hemingway..would have hated this overlong, sludgy and frequently humiliating book.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sludgy
释义	sludgyadj. Brit. /ˈslʌdʒi/, U.S. /ˈslədʒi/ Etymology: < sludge n. + -y suffix¹. 1. Muddy, miry, oozy. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > mud > [adjective] slag1440 muddyc1450 lutulentc1600 slutchy1627 luteous1656 sludgy1782 slubby1823 slaky?1841 slobby1843 muddyish1853 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [adjective] > muddy fennyc897 bymodereda1307 slutchedc1400 muddyc1450 miry?c1475 slabby1542 mired1558 mudded1598 muddied1642 mucksy1665 shabby1705 sludgy1782 slushy1791 1782 W. Gilpin Observ. River Wye (1789) 53 Sludgy shores too appeared on each side. 1805 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. II. 220 A rich sludgy mixture of fine earth and clay. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 560 The man should remove any wet sludgy matter from the bottom of the drain with a scoop. 1878 Cassell's Techn. Educator III. 326 The whole coming off in a sludgy mess, and leaving the paper quite bare. 2. Consisting of newly formed particles of ice; full of sludge-ice. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > [adjective] > consisting of newly-formed ice particles new1599 young1678 sludgy1853 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxxviii. 348 No sludgy streams of pancake. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxxi. 423 The rise and fall of the sludgy water. 3. Of the colour of sludge. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > other browns wainscot1577 earth-coloured1722 honey-brown1774 snuff-coloured1787 snuffy1789 moorit1795 iron brown1798 umber1802 umbery1850 sienna-brown1853 oily-brown1861 seal-brown1881 tabac1881 glandaceous1885 cigar-brown1895 bead-brown1912 cocoa1942 toffee-brown1961 toffee1962 sludgy1975 1975 Country Life 18 Dec. 1770/2 ‘Workwear’, made in sludgy colours and materials. 1978 Daily Tel. 6 Dec. 17/4 All colours are sludgy at the fashionable end of the market at present... Pinks, yellows and purples are just unsaleable. Draft additions 1993 4. figurative. Sluggish, tedious; confused and undefined, ‘muddy’. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious dreicha1300 alangec1330 joylessa1400 tedious1412 wearifulc1454 weary1465 laboriousa1475 tiresome?a1513 irksome1513 wearisome1530 woodena1566 irkful1570 flat1573 leaden1593 barren1600 soaked1600 unlively1608 dulla1616 irking1629 drearisome1633 drear1645 plumbous1651 fatigable1656 dreary1667 uncurious1685 unenlivened1692 blank1726 disinteresting1737 stupid1748 stagnant1749 trist?1756 vegetable1757 borish1766 uninteresting1769 unenlivening1774 oorie1787 wearying1796 subjectless1803 yawny1805 wearing1811 stuffy1813 sloomy1820 tediousome1823 arid1827 lacklustrous1834 boring1839 featureless1839 slow1840 sodden1853 ennuying1858 dusty1860 cabbagy1861 old1864 mouldy1876 yawnful1878 drab1880 dehydrated1884 interestless1886 jay1889 boresome1895 stodgy1895 stuffy1895 yawnsome1900 sludgy1901 draggy1922 blah1937 nowhere1940 drack1945 stupefactive1970 schleppy1978 wack1986 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [adjective] darkOE murka1400 cloudyc1400 mistyc1400 unclearc1400 obturate?a1425 obscure?a1439 unplain?c1535 obumbilatec1540 abstruse?1549 darksome1574 mysteriousa1586 obstruse1604 muddy1611 unperspicuous1634 clouded1641 imperspicuous1654 cramp1674 unlucid1711 abstract1725 opaque1761 obumbratory1799 darkling1813 sludgy1901 1901 C. J. C. Hyne Master of Fortune xii. 296 I shall get a sludgy paragraph in the papers for the Grosser Carl, headed ‘Gallant rescue’, with all the facts put upside down. 1921 G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah Pref. 72 There is no question of a new religion, but rather of redistilling the eternal spirit of religion and thus extricating it from the sludgy residue of temporalities and legends that are making belief impossible. 1984 J. Updike Hugging Shore (1985) 160 Hemingway..would have hated this overlong, sludgy and frequently humiliating book. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1782
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