Poverty-stricken this New Hampshire country may be-weak in a certain sense, shabby, thin, pathetic-say all that, yet, like "Jenny," it kissed me; and it is not vulgar-even H. J. can't accuse it of that-or of "stodginess," especially at this emaciated season.
"The Letters of William James, Vol. II"
William James
Though her feet and hands were small in the extreme, they could not counteract the effect of that betraying stodginess of figure.
"Life on the Stage"
Clara Morris
That is what stodginess means.
"Masterman and Son"
W. J. Dawson