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puffiness

noun

Etymology

From puffy + -ness.

  1. inherited from *puf(f)-✻ — “to blow, puff”
  2. inherited from pyf — “a blast of wind, puff”
  3. inherited from puff
  4. suffixed as puffy — “puff + y”
  5. formed as puffiness — “puffy + -ness”

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being puffy.

    • The puffiness under her eyes made her look older than she really was.

The neighborhood

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