单词 | pinguescent |
释义 | pinguescentadj. Now archaic and rare. Becoming or growing fat; (in extended use) flourishing. Also of a food: greasy, fattening. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] > fat or plump > becoming larding1612 fattening1697 fatting1767 pinguescent1797 the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > fattening fatting1539 impinguating1620 pinguescent1832 fattening1877 the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] > flourishing flourishinga1340 bloomingc1375 wally?a1513 florent1542 vigent1590 thriving1647 pinguescent1852 furtherly1855 1797 R. Southey in J. Cottle Reminisc. S. T. Coleridge & R. Southey (1847) 211 A very brown-looking man, of most pinguescent, and full-moon cheeks. 1832 Fraser's Mag. 6 716 Haggis..is unctuously pinguescent. 1852 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 19 622 There are hundreds of noble and self-denying men in the ranks of the Church Pinguescent. 1995 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) (Nexis) 19 Aug. 7 d I refer to Baby Doe as ‘pinguescent’, a word used back then for ‘baby fat’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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