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pinguescent, a.|pɪŋˈgwɛsənt|
[ad. L. pinguēscent-em, pr. pple. of pinguēscĕre to grow fat, f. pinguis fat: see -esce.]
Becoming or growing fat, fattening; flourishing.
1797Southey in Cottle Remin. 211 A very brown-looking man, of most pinguescent, and fullmoon cheeks. 1832Fraser's Mag. VI. 716 Haggis..is unctuously pinguescent. 1852Tait's Mag. XIX. 622 There are hundreds of noble and self-denying men in the ranks of the Church Pinguescent. |