bulgyadj.
/ˈbʌldʒi/, U.S. /ˈbəldʒi/ Swollen, clumsily or unduly protuberant.
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fullOE
balghc1340
struttinga1398
bouchy1398
bunching1398
bunchy1398
lumpedc1425
bunched1426
bulged1436
knule?a1513
bolling1519
bossed?1541
bossy1543
swelling1544
poked1577
embossed1578
extuberant1578
protuberant1578
protuberated1578
protuberating1578
protubered1578
bunting1584
bellieda1593
gouty1595
bottled1597
buddy1611
hulch1611
hulched1611
jetty?1611
bottle-like1629
bungy1634
extuberating1634
bosomed1646
puffing1661
protuberous1666
tuberant1668
extuberic1680
swollen1688
bellying1700
swelled1704
humped1713
extuberated1727
bottle-shaped1731
ampullaceous1776
hummocky1791
bulging1812
bulgy1847
ampulliform1870
fullish1871
pouchy1884
bumfled1913
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxix. 290 A man with bulgy legs.
1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 61 Third-class umbrellas are dubious in colour..bulgy in the body.
1879 R. Browning Martin Relph 74 The bulgy nose and the blood-shot eyes.
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