单词 | podginess |
释义 | > as lemmasˈpodginess ˈpodginess n. the quality or condition of being podgy, chubbiness. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > and broadness dumpiness1824 pugginess1832 punchiness1850 podginess1872 mesomorphy1940 mesomorphism1953 1872 J. C. Jeaffreson Woman in Spite of Herself I. x. 171 Podginess is a growing evil. When it has once seized upon a man it never leaves him. 1924 Glasgow Herald 3 Jan. 6 The average Briton of to-day retains the lithe carriage..of youth at an age when his Early-Victorian ancestor had long subsided into whiskered podginess. 1993 Sporting Dog Dec. 34/1 The term ‘puppy fat’ is used to refer to podginess in any young animal (including humans!). 2010 H. Sounes Fab ii. 23 A pale, unsporty lad with a tendency to podginess, Paul was no teenage Adonis. < as lemmas |
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