abdominous

abdominous
Having a protuberant belly; pot-bellied.

, Gorgonius sits, abdominous and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan -


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  • Abdominous — Ab*dom i*nous, a. Having a protuberant belly; pot bellied. [1913 Webster] Gorgonius sits, abdominous and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan. Cowper. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • abdominous — /ab dom euh neuhs/, adj. having a large belly; potbellied. [1645 55; < L abdomin (see ABDOMINAL) + OUS] * * * …   Universalium

  • abdominous — ab·dom·i·nous ab däm ə nəs, əb adj having a large belly …   Medical dictionary

  • abdominous — æb dÉ‘mɪnÉ™s / É’ adj. having a large stomach, fat, obese …   English contemporary dictionary

  • abdominous — a. Large bellied, great bellied, big bellied, pot bellied, tun bellied, paunchy …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • abdominous — adj 1. potbellied, round bellied, big bellied, Sl. beer bellied, large bellied, great bellied, Obs. gorbellied; paunchy, Inf. bay windowed, Inf. corporational; obese, fat, corpulent, overweight, Scot. fodgel; chubby, tubby, pudgy, plump; round,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • abdominous — ab·dom·i·nous …   English syllables

  • abdominous —   a. having big belly …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • abdominous — adjective having a large belly • Syn: ↑paunchy, ↑potbellied • Similar to: ↑fat • Derivationally related forms: ↑paunch (for: ↑paunchy), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Expansion — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Expansion >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 expansion expansion Sgm: N 1 increase increase &c. 35 of size Sgm: N 1 enlargement enlargement extension augmentation Sgm: N 1 amplification amplification …   English dictionary for students

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