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puffiness|ˈpʌfɪnɪs|
[f. puffy a. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being puffy.
1. Puffed-up or inflated condition (lit. and fig.).
1668H. More's Div. Dial. i. To Rdr. A iij, The Levity and Puffiness of their Spirits has carried their conceptions..above the levell of common Sense. a1750A. Hill (T.), Some of M. Voltaire's pieces are so swelled with this presumptuous puffiness. 1850J. Leitch tr. C. O. Müller's Anc. Art §204 (ed. 2) 193 A puffiness in the treatment of the folds is observable in the draperies. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV. 321 The patient's attention is first attracted to the malady by the puffiness of the lower eyelids.
2. Inclination to puff or pant, short-windedness.
1813Examiner 10 May 297/2 His breathing puffiness, and inarticulate enunciations. |