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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

dough-baked en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Imperfectly baked.
    • Near-synonym: half-baked
  2. (colloquial, not-comparable) Not brought to perfection; unfinished.
    • Near-synonym: half-baked
  3. (archaic, colloquial, not-comparable, of a person) Dandy but soft, and thus unmanly; dull-witted.
    • But as to your milksops, your dough-baked lovers, who stay at home and strut among the women, when glory is to be gained in the martial field; I despise them with all my heart. 1753, Samuel Richardson, The History of Sir Charles Grandison:

Synonyms

half-baked · half-baked