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—paunchiness, n./pawn"chee, pahn"-/, adj., paunchier, paunchiest.having a large and protruding belly; potbellied: a paunchy middle-aged man.[1590-1600; PAUNCH + -Y1]
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Paunchy — Paunch y, a. Pot bellied. [R.] Dickens. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
paunchy — 1590s, from PAUNCH (Cf. paunch) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Related: Paunchiness … Etymology dictionary
paunchy — UK [ˈpɔːntʃɪ] / US [ˈpɔntʃɪ] adjective Word forms paunchy : adjective paunchy comparative paunchier superlative paunchiest with a paunch three paunchy middle aged men … English dictionary
paunchy — [[t]pɔ͟ːntʃi[/t]] paunchier, paunchiest ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ A man who is paunchy has a fat stomach. He was a heavy man, paunchy, with a lined, kind face. Syn: pot bellied … English dictionary
paunchy — adjective Having a paunch; having a prominent stomach; potbellied. He exercised every day to avoid becoming paunchy in his old age … Wiktionary
paunchy — paunch|y [ pɔntʃi ] adjective with a paunch: three paunchy middle aged men … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
paunchy — paunch ► NOUN ▪ a large or protruding abdomen or stomach. ► VERB ▪ disembowel (an animal). DERIVATIVES paunchy adjective. ORIGIN Old French paunche, from Latin pantex intestines … English terms dictionary
paunchy — adjective (paunchier; est) Date: 1598 having a potbelly • paunchiness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
paunchy — Synonyms and related words: adipose, beefy, big bellied, bloated, blowzy, bosomy, brawny, burly, buxom, chubby, chunky, corpulent, distended, dumpy, fat, fattish, fleshy, full, gross, heavyset, hefty, hippy, imposing, lusty, meaty, obese,… … Moby Thesaurus
paunchy — paunch·y || pÉ”Ëntʃɪ adj. chubby, fleshy, pot bellied … English contemporary dictionary
