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jowly

adj

Etymology

From jowl + -y.

  1. derived from *gʷelu-✻ — “to swallow”
  2. inherited from *kelǭ✻ — “gullet”
  3. inherited from *kelā✻
  4. inherited from ċeole — “throat”
  5. inherited from cholle — “wattle, jowl”
  6. suffixed as jowly — “jowl + y”

Definitions

  1. Having conspicuous jowls

    Having conspicuous jowls; with a double chin.

    • […] his strong jaw renders the face indeed “jowly” rather than oval, consequently the expression is normally hard, though open and not ill-humoured, whilst the smile which comes out of it is pleasant.
    • Over the last few years, the liberal Democratic image of Vice President Richard M. Nixon as a jowly, blue-jawed villain with a ski-jump nose has receded in the light of his growing stature and achievements.
    • Nick, or Domenico, was sixty or so now and looked it. He was jowly and paunched and was still Italian enough not to give a damn.

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