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cloggy

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Etymology

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Fromclog +‎-y.

Adjective

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cloggy (comparativecloggier,superlativecloggiest)

  1. Tending to causeclogging due to itstexture;lumpy;sticky.
    • 1654,Thomas White,A Contemplation of Heaven with an Exercise of Love[1], Paris: The Ninth Discourse, page100:
      [] Nature stirres up all young things, Boyes, and Lambs, and Kitlins, to play and run about, by which they disperse thecloggy humours that otherwise would settle in their joynts[]
    • 1837,Journal of Agriculture:
      [] the land in many parts was naturally heavy, and even when the digging was proceeding, verycloggy.
    • 1849 May –1850 November,Charles Dickens, chapter 7, inThe Personal History of David Copperfield, London:Bradbury & Evans, [], published1850,→OCLC:
      Acloggy sensation of the lukewarm fat of meat is upon me (we dined an hour or two ago), and my head is as heavy as so much lead.
    • 1899, Frederick George Jackson,A thousand days in the Arctic:
      The snow was verycloggy, making the sledge and our ski run heavily.
  2. Somewhat clogged or impeded.
    acloggy throat

Derived terms

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tending to cause clogging

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