different between routine vs stodgy
routine
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French routine.
Pronunciation
- (US, UK) IPA(key): /?u??ti?n/
Noun
routine (countable and uncountable, plural routines)
- A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
- A set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically.
- Synonym: rut
- A set piece of an entertainer's act.
- (computing) A set of instructions designed to perform a specific task; a subroutine.
- Synonyms: function, procedure, subroutine
Derived terms
- routiner
Translations
Adjective
routine (comparative more routine, superlative most routine)
- According to established procedure.
- Regular; habitual.
- Ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others.
Derived terms
- routinely
Translations
Anagrams
- in route, in utero, tue-iron
French
Etymology
From French route (“road, route”), and Old French -ine: a suffix for diminutive purpose
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?u.tin/
Noun
routine f (plural routines)
- routine (all senses)
- (Louisiana, Cajun French, St.Mary Parish) road
Derived terms
- prendre sa routine à volonté
Descendants
Further reading
- “routine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- ouïrent
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French routine.
Noun
routine f (invariable)
- routine
- rut
Derived terms
- routinario
Anagrams
- rutenio, uterino
Further reading
- routine in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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stodgy
English
Etymology
Unknown, but possibly from stodge (“to stuff”), from stog, or a blend of stuffy +? podgy.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: st??j?, IPA(key): /?st?.d??i/
- Rhymes: -?d?i
Adjective
stodgy (comparative stodgier or more stodgy, superlative stodgiest or most stodgy)
- (of food) Having a thick, semi-solid consistency; glutinous; heavy on the stomach.
- Dull, old-fashioned.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)[1]
- The Southampton striker, who also struck a post late on, was being serenaded by the Wembley crowd before the end and should probably brace himself for some Lambert-mania over the coming days but, amid the eulogies, it should not overlook the deficiencies that were evident in another stodgy England performance.
- 1915, W.S. Maugham, "Of Human Bondage":
- "What's the matter with you?" -- "Nothing. I'm sorry to be so damned emotional, but for six months I've been starved for beauty." -- "You used to be so matter of fact. It's very interesting to hear you say that." -- "Damn it all, I don't want to be interesting," laughed Philip. "Let's go and have a stodgy tea."
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)[1]
- (dated) Badly put together.
Derived terms
- stodgily
- stodginess
Translations
stodgy From the web:
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- what does stodgy mean as it is used in interrobang
- what is stodgy food
- what is stodgy in baking
- what is stodgy bread
- what is stodgy pudding
- what causes stodgy bread
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