pinguefyv.
/ˈpɪŋɡwᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈpɪŋɡwəˌfaɪ/ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [verb (intransitive)] > fat or plump
forwaxc897
fatc1000
burnish1398
battle1575
pinguefy1598
bellya1642
fatten1676
(to be) in flesh1677
thrive1711
feed1727
bloat1735
plumpen1795
to fill out1851
stouten1863
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 52 b/2 Those partes doe increace and pingvifye.
1825 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 17 72 Buttocks pinguifying on their own steaks.
2. transitive. To make greasy, saturate with oil; (in extended use) †to make (soil) rich or fertile (obsolete). Also intransitive. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [verb (transitive)] > smear with fat or grease > make greasy
pinguefy1599
grease1615
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [verb (transitive)] > render fertile
pinguefy1599
battle1611
impinguate1693
the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [verb (transitive)] > fat or plump
farce14..
alarda1425
plum1561
enseam1562
lard1579
engross1587
impinguate1620
to put on1626
rotund1650
pinguedinize1656
bloat1677
to take ona1750
round1830
pinguefy1893
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 41/2 Pingvefye [Ger. neß] heerin a little linnen cloute, and applye the same on the Foreheade.
1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. x. 24 It pinguifies the soyle.
1678 R. Cudworth tr. Porphyrius in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 810 The..Fumes, and Nidours of Sacrifices; wherewith their Corporeal and Spirituous Part, is as it were Pinguified.
1893 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Pinguefy, to make fat.
1939 Times 9 Jan. 13/5 The substances in which the brush was to be pinguefied awake a suspicion that by dressing the hair the author meant..delousing it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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