ˈstodgeryn. be-behaviour characteristic of such a person.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > tedious or dull person > behaviour or practice of tedious or dull person
boreism1833
boredom1864
stodgery1920
1920 W. DeepingSecond Youth iv. 31 If you were starving, Miles, I suppose you would walk down Oxford Street and say nothing. What stodgery! We middle-class people are hopeless!