† tunnishadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Somewhat like a tun or cask; very corpulent.
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great-wombedc1325
wombedc1325
big-bellied?c1475
gorbellieda1529
tunnisha1529
bellieda1533
gorbelly1532
tun-bellied1551
out-bellied1570
paunch-bellied1586
paunchyc1586
big-bellied1592
round-bellied1606
gutty1607
tun-gutted1607
ventripotent1611
swag-bellieda1616
tun-grown1628
bottle-bellied1646
pot-bellied1647
belly-mountained1654
pauncheda1657
sag-bellied1665
barrel-bellied1694
ventricous1702
poke pudding1705
paunch-gutted1726
pot-gutted1731
paunchfula1763
pottle-bellied1777
tunnified1806
tun-likea1813
shad-bellied1832
ventricose1843
bow-windowed1849
bloated-bellied1871
barrel-stomached1884
stomachy1888
well-stomached1896
jelly-bellied1899
narrow-gutted1903
pus-gutted1915
great-stomached1944
a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 99 She is a tonnish gyb.
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