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单词 pinguidity
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pinguidityn.

Brit. /pɪŋˈɡwɪdᵻti/, U.S. /pɪŋˈɡwɪdᵻdi/
Forms: 1500s pingviditye, 1500s pinguedity (irregular), 1600s– pinguidity.
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements. Etymons: Latin pinguidus ; Latin pinguis , -id suffix1, -ity suffix.
Etymology: Either < post-classical Latin pinguidus pinguid adj., or < classical Latin pinguis (see pinguid adj.) + -id suffix1 + -ity suffix. Compare later pinguid adj.
Now rare.
Fatty, greasy, or oily matter; fatness, obesity. Also: †fertility or richness of soil (obsolete).
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > greasy or fatty material > [noun]
fatnessc1000
pinguidity1598
fattiness1601
tallow1745
stearoid1882
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 23/1 Without applyinge any pingviditye, or oyles.
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 28/2 Take a good Capone,..discide therof all his pinguedity.
1621 J. Taylor Goose Ep. Ded. sig. A2v The pinguidity or fecundious fat of the Gooses auxungia (vulgarly called greace).
1716 Worlidge's Compl. Syst. Husbandry & Gardening i. 4 That which gives to our hot and stinking Dungs, Soils, or Manures, the Oleaginious [sic] pinguidity and fertility.
1762 T. Gent Hist. Great Eastern Window St. Peter's Cathedral, York 127 Usefulness of its [sc. the olive tree's] Pinguidity, Beauty of Leaves, and pretty Emblems that may be drawn from its anointing or only distilling Virtues.
1858 Chambers's Jrnl. 10 235/1 His cheeks!—I never saw such bags of pinguidity.
1882 Cent. Mag. June 206/2 He was so plump,..and in voice and person so generally suggestive of pinguidity.
1999 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 27 Jan. 20 Jennifer and Clarissa, dripping with pinguidity.., arrive at Aldershot to prepare a nosh-up.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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