1. Fretful, irritable, uneasy.
1819. Blackw. Mag., V. Sept., 676–7. The Dominie, who in spite of the Editor’s mild remonstrances, made much needless flustering, and kept running to and fro like a wasp without a sting, very fierce and fudgy.
1883. Hants Gloss., s.v. They young cows are apt to be fudgy in milking.
2. U.S. Botched, bungling, awkward.
1872. C. D. Warner, Saunterings (1883), 156. There is some fashion, in a fudgy, quaint way, here in Munich; but it is not exhibited in dress for the opera.
