单词 | pinguid |
释义 | pinguidadj. 1. Of the nature of or resembling fat, fatty; greasy, oily; †(of soil) rich, fertile (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [adjective] > fatty or greasy fatc1000 fattya1398 tallowyc1440 seamya1529 tallowish1552 smeary1582 fattish1589 greasy1592 pinguedinous1599 enseamed1604 pingui-substance1621 pinguid1635 axungious1658 pinguious1705 sevous1726 suety1730 sebaceous1783 pinguitudinous1827 crassy1858 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi v. §2. 174 Winde..is a certain plentie of hot and drie exhalations void of pinguid matter. 1696 T. Robinson New Observ. Nat. Hist. ii. i. 105 Beds of Pinguid and Luxuriant Soil. 1769 R. Graves Euphrosyne (1776) I. 119 [He] snuffs the pinguid haunch's sav'ry steam. 1867 W. D. Howells Ital. Journeys 111 A mighty mass of pinguid bronze, with a fat lisp. 1923 C. Mackenzie Parson's Progress iv. 43 Her principal feature was..a wig as dark and curly and pinguid as Perique tobacco. 1990 A. Craig Foreign Bodies (1991) x. 110 He held my hand too long in pinguid fingers. 2. In extended use: unctuous; florid. Also: weighty, overly large. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > complacency > [adjective] fat1598 self-contented1631 self-pleased1633 self-satisfied1653 self-contenta1656 complacing1669 self-complacentiala1711 self-complacinga1711 self-complacent1736 complacent1767 pinguid1768 unctuous1822 paddy1865 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. iii. xxix. 439 A pinguid turgid stile, as Tully calls the Asiatic rhetoric. 1893 Cent. Mag. Dec. 258/1 The eyes of the Talbot swine stuck out with pinguid complacency. 1910 E. Vedder Digressions Introd. p. xxiii If by chance this book should turn out a pinguid one, it will be by reason of the stuff in it, and not of the stuffing. 1993 Guardian 6 Sept. ii. 17/2 That pinguid charm which has made this peer so popular an appointment with his Tory overseers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1635 |
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