stuffyadj.

Brit.

/ˈstʌfi/, U.S.

/ˈstəfi/

Etymology: < stuff n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

†1. Full of stuff or substance. literal and figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective] > consisting or full of solid material

substantiala1393

substantious1529

stuffy1551

1551–2 Act 5 & 6 Edw. VI c. 6 §3 The good perfecte and stuffy makinge of the same Clothe.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Substantieux, substantiall, stuffie.

1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 69 By amplifications, and illustrations an oration is made stuffie, and fatted.

1646 T. Fuller Andronicus iv. iii. sig. G5 A mighty fire was made, and..(as if that pure Element of it selfe had been too fine and slender, effectually to torment him) they made the flame more stiffe, and stuffie, by the mixture of pitch and brimstone.

a1656 R. Vines Treat. Lords-supper (1657) v. 64 This Sacrament of the Gospel is an after Supper modicum, full of spiritual signification, but not so stuffie for outward matter, that [etc.].

1667 Duke of Newcastle New Method to dress Horses 62 They..are to be Short from the Head to the Croup, and Stuffy.

a. Of a room, building, etc.: Ill-ventilated, close. Of the air: Wanting in freshness, oppressive to the lungs and head. Of persons: Addicted to living in stuffy conditions.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > oppressively > and stifling or close

smoulderingc1400

bloomy1620

choky1690

pothery1696

stifling1737

stifled1824

stuffy1831

smudgy1847

stived1847

stivy1849

1831 Countess Granville Let. 21 Feb. (1894) II. 89 In the evening I shall have a stuffy drum.

1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel II. v. xi. 53 I do believe the English are the stuffiest people! Look at their four-post beds!..not a house with a ventilator!

1855 E. Forbes Lit. Papers vii. 190 He remains too long in the thick and stuffy atmosphere of town clubs and libraries.

1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere I. i. i. 10 I don't like stuffy cottages.

1904 F. Lynde Grafters ii. 14 The stuffy little law office which had been his father's.

b. transferred. Lacking in freshness, interest, or smartness.

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

1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice I. xvi. 173 They were superior to the broad-faced stuffy uncle Philips, breathing port wine, who followed them into the room.

1843 J. A. Froude Nemesis of Faith ii Do not write me cold stuffy letters about my state of mind.

1900 C. J. C. Hyne Filibusters xxii. 318 In the waist below us, that stuffy little person the owner of the Clarindella was shedding tears of joy as his eyes gloated over his re-found treasure.

1904 E. von Arnim Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen 132 In that sun-flecked place..how could I be seriously interested in stuffy indoor questions such as the equality of the sexes?

1909 Mrs. H. Ward Daphne iii. 56 Listening to a stuffy debate in the Senate.

a. Of persons: Affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction in the organs of breathing, Said also of the sensation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorder of respiratory organs > [adjective] > stuffiness or obstruction

stuffing1579

stuffy1847

1847 F. A. Kemble Rec. Later Life III. 290 If you are old and stiff, I am fat, stuffy, puffy, and old.

1871 C. Gibbon For Lack of Gold xviii Her head was stuffed, her nose was stuffed, and she felt altogether ‘stuffy’ and uncomfortable.

1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 287 At two or three in the morning he suddenly awakes with a stuffy feeling in his chest.

b. Of the voice: Muffled.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > indistinct

thicka1398

undistinguished1595

obscure1656

muddy1841

thick-voiced1859

slushy1861

thick-speaking1861

woolly1872

stuffy1889

far-away1897

1889 Harper's Mag. Sept. 548/2 Her own stuffy voice, interspersed with the familiar coughs and gasps.

4. U.S. colloquial. Angry, sulky.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adjective]

moodyc1300

distemprec1374

melancholiana1393

solein1399

darkc1440

gloomingc1440

girning1447

melancholyc1450

tetrical1528

tetric1533

distemperate1548

morose1565

sullen1570

stunt1581

humorous1590

gloomya1593

muddy1592

clum1599

dortya1605

humoursome1607

distempereda1616

musty1620

grum1640

agelastic1666

fusty1668

purdy1668

ill-humoured1693

gurly1721

mumpish1721

sunking1724

tetricous1727

sumphish1728

stunkard1737

sulky1744

muggard1746

farouche1765

sombrea1767

glumpy1780

glumpish1800

tiffy1810

splenitive1815

stuffy1825

liverish1828

troglodytish1866

glummy1884

humpy1889

scowly1951

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 106 Don't care for you,..with all your stuffy looks.

1898 R. Kipling Fleet in Being vi. 77 They never growl at us or get stuffy.

5. Prim, formal, strait-laced, pompous; boring, conventional.

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

1895 R. Kipling in Ladies' Home Jrnl. Dec. 6/2 ‘You might have come to me, to begin with,’ said Scott, stiffly... ‘Well, you needn't be stuffy about it.’

1904 E. Nesbit Phoenix & Carpet i. 11 It's awfully stuffy for a chap not to be allowed out in the evenings.

1922 J. Cannan Misty Valley xv. 245 Cousin Innes was very stuffy about it when you got engaged. But all we wanted was for you to be happy, Claire.

1930 P. Hambledon Straight Flame v. § 9 If you really want to know the stuffy respectable people, why don't you?

1948 E. Waugh Let. 24 Nov. (1980) 293 I went to one stuffy upper class dinner party on my first night & I go to another tonight.

1965 Listener 16 Sept. 418/2 Some of them have grasped the BBC's main dilemma, which is that it ought..to be in the widest, not in any ‘stuffy’ sense, an instrument of culture and education.

1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion (1980) i. ii. 34 Every man I meet wants to go into business. They're all so stuffy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stuffy
释义	stuffyadj. Brit. /ˈstʌfi/, U.S. /ˈstəfi/ Etymology: < stuff n.¹ + -y suffix¹. †1. Full of stuff or substance. literal and figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective] > consisting or full of solid material substantiala1393 substantious1529 stuffy1551 1551–2 Act 5 & 6 Edw. VI c. 6 §3 The good perfecte and stuffy makinge of the same Clothe. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Substantieux, substantiall, stuffie. 1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 69 By amplifications, and illustrations an oration is made stuffie, and fatted. 1646 T. Fuller Andronicus iv. iii. sig. G5 A mighty fire was made, and..(as if that pure Element of it selfe had been too fine and slender, effectually to torment him) they made the flame more stiffe, and stuffie, by the mixture of pitch and brimstone. a1656 R. Vines Treat. Lords-supper (1657) v. 64 This Sacrament of the Gospel is an after Supper modicum, full of spiritual signification, but not so stuffie for outward matter, that [etc.]. 1667 Duke of Newcastle New Method to dress Horses 62 They..are to be Short from the Head to the Croup, and Stuffy. 2. a. Of a room, building, etc.: Ill-ventilated, close. Of the air: Wanting in freshness, oppressive to the lungs and head. Of persons: Addicted to living in stuffy conditions. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > oppressively > and stifling or close smoulderingc1400 bloomy1620 choky1690 pothery1696 stifling1737 stifled1824 stuffy1831 smudgy1847 stived1847 stivy1849 1831 Countess Granville Let. 21 Feb. (1894) II. 89 In the evening I shall have a stuffy drum. 1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel II. v. xi. 53 I do believe the English are the stuffiest people! Look at their four-post beds!..not a house with a ventilator! 1855 E. Forbes Lit. Papers vii. 190 He remains too long in the thick and stuffy atmosphere of town clubs and libraries. 1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere I. i. i. 10 I don't like stuffy cottages. 1904 F. Lynde Grafters ii. 14 The stuffy little law office which had been his father's. b. transferred. Lacking in freshness, interest, or smartness. 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 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice I. xvi. 173 They were superior to the broad-faced stuffy uncle Philips, breathing port wine, who followed them into the room. View more context for this quotation 1843 J. A. Froude Nemesis of Faith ii Do not write me cold stuffy letters about my state of mind. 1900 C. J. C. Hyne Filibusters xxii. 318 In the waist below us, that stuffy little person the owner of the Clarindella was shedding tears of joy as his eyes gloated over his re-found treasure. 1904 E. von Arnim Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen 132 In that sun-flecked place..how could I be seriously interested in stuffy indoor questions such as the equality of the sexes? 1909 Mrs. H. Ward Daphne iii. 56 Listening to a stuffy debate in the Senate. 3. a. Of persons: Affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction in the organs of breathing, Said also of the sensation. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorder of respiratory organs > [adjective] > stuffiness or obstruction stuffing1579 stuffy1847 1847 F. A. Kemble Rec. Later Life III. 290 If you are old and stiff, I am fat, stuffy, puffy, and old. 1871 C. Gibbon For Lack of Gold xviii Her head was stuffed, her nose was stuffed, and she felt altogether ‘stuffy’ and uncomfortable. 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 287 At two or three in the morning he suddenly awakes with a stuffy feeling in his chest. b. Of the voice: Muffled. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > indistinct thicka1398 undistinguished1595 obscure1656 muddy1841 thick-voiced1859 slushy1861 thick-speaking1861 woolly1872 stuffy1889 far-away1897 1889 Harper's Mag. Sept. 548/2 Her own stuffy voice, interspersed with the familiar coughs and gasps. 4. U.S. colloquial. Angry, sulky. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adjective] moodyc1300 distemprec1374 melancholiana1393 solein1399 darkc1440 gloomingc1440 girning1447 melancholyc1450 tetrical1528 tetric1533 distemperate1548 morose1565 sullen1570 stunt1581 humorous1590 gloomya1593 muddy1592 clum1599 dortya1605 humoursome1607 distempereda1616 musty1620 grum1640 agelastic1666 fusty1668 purdy1668 ill-humoured1693 gurly1721 mumpish1721 sunking1724 tetricous1727 sumphish1728 stunkard1737 sulky1744 muggard1746 farouche1765 sombrea1767 glumpy1780 glumpish1800 tiffy1810 splenitive1815 stuffy1825 liverish1828 troglodytish1866 glummy1884 humpy1889 scowly1951 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 106 Don't care for you,..with all your stuffy looks. 1898 R. Kipling Fleet in Being vi. 77 They never growl at us or get stuffy. 5. Prim, formal, strait-laced, pompous; boring, conventional. 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 1895 R. Kipling in Ladies' Home Jrnl. Dec. 6/2 ‘You might have come to me, to begin with,’ said Scott, stiffly... ‘Well, you needn't be stuffy about it.’ 1904 E. Nesbit Phoenix & Carpet i. 11 It's awfully stuffy for a chap not to be allowed out in the evenings. 1922 J. Cannan Misty Valley xv. 245 Cousin Innes was very stuffy about it when you got engaged. But all we wanted was for you to be happy, Claire. 1930 P. Hambledon Straight Flame v. § 9 If you really want to know the stuffy respectable people, why don't you? 1948 E. Waugh Let. 24 Nov. (1980) 293 I went to one stuffy upper class dinner party on my first night & I go to another tonight. 1965 Listener 16 Sept. 418/2 Some of them have grasped the BBC's main dilemma, which is that it ought..to be in the widest, not in any ‘stuffy’ sense, an instrument of culture and education. 1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion (1980) i. ii. 34 Every man I meet wants to go into business. They're all so stuffy. 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