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noun
The state or quality of being puffy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, splashiness, inflation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inelegance
noun
an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: swelling, lump
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: symptom, enlargement
Narrower terms: spermatocele, bloat, bunion, edema, oedema, hydrops, dropsy, hematocele, haematocele, hematocoele, haematocoele, intumescence, intumescency, iridoncus, lymphogranuloma, oscheocele, oscheocoele, tumidity, tumidness
History
Etymology tree English puffy 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 puffiness From puffy + -ness.
