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gorbellied

adj

Etymology

From gorbelly + -ed.

  1. derived from *bʰelǵʰ-✻ — “to swell, blow up”
  2. inherited from *balgiz✻
  3. inherited from *balgi✻
  4. inherited from bielġ — “bag, pouch, bulge”
  5. inherited from bely
  6. compounded as gorbelly — “gore + belly”
  7. suffixed as gorbellied — “gorbelly + ed”

Definitions

  1. having a gorbelly

    having a gorbelly; fat; potbellied

    • O, 'tis an unconscionable vast gorbellied volume, bigger bulked than a Dutch hoy, & far more boisterous and cumbersome than a pair of Swissers' omnipotent galiass-breeches.
    • Hang ye, gorbellied knaves, are ye undone? / No, ye fat chuffs I would your store were here!
    • Some of your gorbellied country chuffes have cast themselves into their frieze jerkins, with great tin buttons silver'd o'r.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA