bulginess

English

Etymology

bulgy +‎ -ness

Noun

bulginess (uncountable)

1. The state of being bulgy
   • 1918, Robert J. C. Stead, The Cow Puncher‎^[1]:

     He was only partially dressed; his face had the peculiar bulginess of the hard drinker; his eyes were watery and shifty, and several days' growth of beard, with patchy grey and black spots, gave a stucco effect to his countenance.

   • 1912, O. Douglas, Olivia in India‎^[2]:

     There is nothing in Grown-up Land that equals the thrill the delicious bulginess of the stocking, gripped in the darkness, gave one.

   • 1893, Various, Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, February 25, 1893‎^[3]:

     For if that huge and hideous machine Should thrust its bilious bulginess between A blameless couple, such as we have been, My SERAPHINE, I will not condescend to make a "scene," But--if you needs must have your crinoline-- Good-bye!