abdominous
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
abdominous (comparative more abdominous, superlative most abdominous)
- Having a protuberant belly; potbellied. [Mid 17th century.][1]
- 1782, William Cowper, The Progress of Error:
- Gorgonius sits, abdominous and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan
Translations[edit]
pot-bellied
References[edit]
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abdominous”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.