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swagbelly

noun

Etymology

From swag (“to droop; to sag”) + belly.

  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 swagbelly — “swag + belly”

Definitions

  1. A prominent, overhanging belly.

    • Sancho Zancas […] in the picture, was represented as a person of a short stature, swag belly, and long spindle shanks […].
    • He swept his gaze over the short, squat throat, the hairy swagbelly, and the mighty breast, swelling in giant arches like twin shields.

  2. Hence, a person with such a belly.

    • However, so many swagbellies and puff-bags will hardly go to St Hiacco, as there did in the year 524

  3. A distended abdomen, especially caused by a tumour or enlarged organ

    A distended abdomen, especially caused by a tumour or enlarged organ; a physconia.

The neighborhood

Derived

swagbellied, swaggy

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