doughy

English

Etymology

From dough +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdəʊˌi/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdoʊi/
• Rhymes: -əʊi

Adjective

doughy (comparative doughier, superlative doughiest)

1. Having the characteristics of dough especially in appearance or consistency: as
   1. Pale and flabby,
   2. Soft and heavy.
   • 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 60:

     Sweat bee life begins as an egg laid on or near its doughy pollen mass.

Derived terms

• doughily
• doughiness

 

Translations

Having the characteristics of dough

• Armenian: խմորանման (hy) (xmoranman)
• Bulgarian: тестен (testen), клисав (bg) (klisav)
• German: teigig, teigartig
• Irish: taosach
• Plautdietsch: däjijch
• Swedish: degig (sv)
• Welsh: toesaidd (neutral), toeslyd (negative)

Noun

doughy (plural doughies)

1. (slang, archaic) A baker.
   • 1873, The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, page 698:

     The manufactory of sugar is generally in German hands. An attempt has, I believe, been made by Parisian “doughies” to establish a footing in London; […]