abdominousadj.

Brit.

/abˈdɒmᵻnəs/,

/əbˈdɒmᵻnəs/, U.S.

/æbˈdɑmənəs/,

/əbˈdɑmənəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin abdōmin- , abdōmen , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin abdōmin-, abdōmen abdomen n. + -ous suffix.

Having a large, protruding belly; paunchy.figurative in quot. 1640.

ΚΠ

1640 Dial. Two Zelots in J. Rous Diary (1856) 103 I cannot halfe untrusse Et cætera, it is so abdominous.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. x. 100 He was..somewhat abdominous, and corpulent in his body.

1761 R. Walsh Miscellanies 78 Here cries a huge abdominous Fellow.

1782 W. Cowper Progress of Error in Poems 52 Gorgonius sits abdominous and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan.

1822 New Monthly Mag. 4 89 High feeding, Sir, makes authors abdominous and stupid.

1878 H. M. Stanley Through Dark Continent I. xv. 3 To see him surrounded by fat wives and abdominous brats.

1922 G. C. Shedd Cryder v. 310 But to the medical man the abdominous fullness of her form..betrayed her secret.

1999 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) (Nexis) 26 Feb. 29 A loincloth is not the most flattering garb on a hugely abdominous athlete.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	abdominous
释义	abdominousadj. Brit. /abˈdɒmᵻnəs/, /əbˈdɒmᵻnəs/, U.S. /æbˈdɑmənəs/, /əbˈdɑmənəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin abdōmin- , abdōmen , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin abdōmin-, abdōmen abdomen n. + -ous suffix. Having a large, protruding belly; paunchy.figurative in quot. 1640. ΚΠ 1640 Dial. Two Zelots in J. Rous Diary (1856) 103 I cannot halfe untrusse Et cætera, it is so abdominous. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. x. 100 He was..somewhat abdominous, and corpulent in his body. 1761 R. Walsh Miscellanies 78 Here cries a huge abdominous Fellow. 1782 W. Cowper Progress of Error in Poems 52 Gorgonius sits abdominous and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan. 1822 New Monthly Mag. 4 89 High feeding, Sir, makes authors abdominous and stupid. 1878 H. M. Stanley Through Dark Continent I. xv. 3 To see him surrounded by fat wives and abdominous brats. 1922 G. C. Shedd Cryder v. 310 But to the medical man the abdominous fullness of her form..betrayed her secret. 1999 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) (Nexis) 26 Feb. 29 A loincloth is not the most flattering garb on a hugely abdominous athlete. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1640
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