单词 | pinguescence |
释义 | pinguescencen. literary or humorous in later use. The process of becoming fat: fatness, obesity; (in extended use) oiliness, unctuousness. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [noun] > fat or plump shape or physique > becoming fatting1597 fattening1614 impinguation1640 pinguefying1655 pinguescence1829 stoutening1853 1829 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 3) V. 303 A standard weight of healthy pinguescence. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 607 The sexual relations of pinguescence. 1983 Times 6 Oct. 13/3 His main stylistic fault—pinguescence—is one shared by eels in their jellied form. 1999 Sunday Star-Times (Auckland) (Nexis) 4 Apr. 4 But the one [subject of television advertisements] that gets the viewers, whether they end up buying or not, is pinguescence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1829 |
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