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smudgy.

Marked with smudges.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈsmʌ.d͡ʒi/
  1. Marked with smudges.

  2. Like a thick smoke (such as is emitted by a smudge pot); thick and smoky or smokelike.

  3. Rainy or drizzly.

  4. Hot and humid or stuffy; sweltering.

Where this word comes from

From smudge (“blemish; dense smoke; to obscure by smearing; to stifle”) + -y. (The sense "rainy" is related to dialectal use of smudge to mean drizzling rain.)

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