cledgy

English

Etymology

cledge +‎ -y?

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛdʒi

Adjective

cledgy (comparative more cledgy, superlative most cledgy)

1. stiff, stubborn, clayey, tenacious
   • 1768, Edmund Burke, The Annual Register of World Events:

     The stiff cledgy land was but little better

References

• “cledgy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.