bladderyadj.
/ˈbladəri/ 1. Of the nature of a bladder; thin and inflated; inflated and hollow. literal and figurative.
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the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [adjective] > distending > swelling > swollen
bollen?c1225
bolghena1250
swollenc1325
rank?a1400
forbolned1413
puff1472
voustyc1480
knule?a1513
puffed1536
boldenc1540
tumorous1547
bladder-like1549
hoven1558
forswollen1565
uppuffed1573
bolled1578
engrossed1578
heaved1578
puffy1598
swelleda1616
bloughty1620
inflate1620
tympanous1625
tumid1626
tumoured1635
tumefied1651
bloated1664
pluff1673
inflated1744
balloon-like?1784
bladdery1785
ballooned1820
bepuffeda1849
utriculate1860
pobby1888
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxv. 373 A Berry..with a bladdery pulp.
1810 G. Crabbe Borough ix. 123 Th' entangled Weeds..upborn on bladdery Beads.
1831 Fraser's Mag. 3 343 Bladdery laudations.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 51 Calyx bladdery.
2. Abounding in bladders or vesicles.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > hollowness > [adjective] > full of cavities
leery1676
bladdery1798
vuggy1864
mouseholed1967
1798–9 S. T. Coleridge Lines to Lady ii In dim cave with bladdery seaweed strewed.
1880 R. Browning Pan & Luna 60 The bladdery wave-worked yeast.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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adj.1785