sludgy

sludge  (slj)

n.

1. Semisolid material such as the type precipitated by sewage treatment.

2. Mud, mire, or ooze covering the ground or forming a deposit, as on a riverbed.

3. Finely broken or half-formed ice on a body of water, especially the sea.

4. An agglutination or aggregation of blood cells forming a semisolid mass that often impedes circulation.

intr.v. sludged, sludg·ing, sludg·es

To agglutinate or aggregate into a semisolid mass; form a sludge. Used of blood cells.

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[Perhaps alteration of dialectal slutch, mire.]

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sludgy adj.

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sludgy [ˈslʌdʒɪ]

adj -ier, -iest

consisting of, containing, or like sludge