fudgy
/ˈfʌdʒi/
fudgy adjective: resembling fudge, as in flavor or texture.
Adjective
fudgy (comparative fudgier, superlative fudgiest)
- Resembling fudge, as in flavor or texture.
- FOR cooks of a lemon-loving persuasion, a puckery citrus curd is the culinary analogue of a chocolate fanatic’s fudgy ganache.2007 April 18, Melissa Clark, “Silky, Sweet and Tart, a Triple Threat”, in New York Times
- She twice let the Baby’s ears get fudgy with wax.1997, Lorrie Moore, People Like That Are the Only People Here
- Fuzzy, imprecise.
- The hundred years after Euler represented a period in which functions not satisfying his "official" constraints were frequently smuggled into mathematics through fudgy considerations involving infinite series expansions and the like.1993, Steven J. Wagner, Richard Wagner, Naturalism: A Critical Appraisal, page 72
- Irritable.
- Awkward.
Forms of fudgy
| comparative | fudgier |
|---|---|
| superlative | fudgiest |
| alternative form | fudgey |
Origin of fudgy
From fudge + -y.
Words formed from fudgy
Words that rhyme with fudgy
Questions about fudgy
- What does fudgy mean?
- Fudgy means resembling fudge, as in flavor or texture.
- What part of speech is fudgy?
- Fudgy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce fudgy?
- Fudgy is pronounced /ˈfʌdʒi/.
Words near fudgy in the dictionary
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