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paunchy

adj
/ˈpɔːn(t)ʃi/UK/ˈpɔnt͡ʃi/US

Etymology

From paunch + -y.

  1. derived from pantex
  2. derived from pance
  3. derived from panche
  4. inherited from paunche
  5. formed as paunchy — “paunch + -y”

Definitions

  1. Having a paunch

    Having a paunch; having a prominent stomach; potbellied.

    • He exercised every day to avoid becoming paunchy in his old age.
    • A trim-middled hog will have a higher dressing percentage than a wasty, gutty, paunchy, heavy-middled hog.
    • "They live in New York, and he had the effrontery to give me a dinner and ask all his collaborators to it, fat, paunchy men who smelled of money. Pfaugh!"

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