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noun
The state or quality of being pudgy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the property of having a plump and round body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: chubbiness, tubbiness, rolypoliness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plumpness, embonpoint, roundness
History
Etymology tree English pudgy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English pudginess From pudgy + -ness.
