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doughy, a.|ˈdəʊɪ|
[f. dough n. + -y1.]
Of the nature of dough; like dough in appearance, consistency, or character.
1601Shakes. All's Well iv. v. 3 All the vnbak'd and dowy youth of a nation. 1648Gage West Ind. xii. (1655) 53 After the Consecration many devout persons came and sticked in the dowy Image pretious stones. 1719London & Wise Compl. Gard. v. 76 Sometimes it grows doughy, when suffer'd to be too ripe on the Tree. 1826Syd. Smith Wks. (1859) II. 97/1 A sad, doughy lump. a1827Good Study Med. (1834) II. 161 White tongue in the morning, and a pallid doughy countenance. 1893Earl Dunmore Pamirs II. 230 The bread we had to eat was..very doughy. |