单词 | pinguefying |
释义 | † pinguefyingn. Obsolete. rare. n. The action of becoming fat. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [noun] > fat or plump shape or physique > becoming fatting1597 fattening1614 impinguation1640 pinguefying1655 pinguescence1829 stoutening1853 1655 Jrnl. 15 July in Narr. Gen. Venables (1900) 141 I need not dr. Amie to keep me from pinguifying. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). pinguefyingadj. adj. Fattening, greasy. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of pigs > [adjective] > fattening larding1612 pinguefyinga1679 the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] > fat or plump > making fatting1539 pinguefyinga1679 fattening1877 a1679 R. Wild Benefice (1689) iv. 40 Gratifying my Beast with a Measure of Pinguifying Provender. 1684 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Pharmaceutice Rationalis: Second Pt. in Pract. Physick (rev. ed.) 129 The blood having lost much of its balsamick Salt..is filled with a pinguifying and more fiery Sulphur. 1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xv. 93 The Pinguifying Virtue of this Medica Hay. 1857 G. M. Musgrave Pilgr. Dauphiné I. xi. 245 The graziers' pinguifying processes. 1995 Evening Standard (Nexis) 25 Jan. 8 That most pinguefying of English dishes, bread and butter pudding. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1655adj.a1679 |
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