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gorbelly

noun

Etymology

UK 16th century. Possibly gore + belly or gormand + belly. Compare Swedish går-bälg.

  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”

Definitions

  1. A large, protruding belly.

  2. A person with such a belly.

    • The belching gorbelly hath well nigh killed me.
    • "You girt vlat-vooted, gorbelly, stunpole, Zolomon Moggridge," he yelled, louder and louder with each word, "you've a-squot I so vlat as a dough-fig."

The neighborhood

Derived

gorbellied

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