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Webster 1913 Edition


Fleshiness

Flesh′i-ness

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Noun.
The state of being fleshy; plumpness; corpulence; grossness.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fleshiness

FLESH'INESS

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Noun.
[from fleshy.] Abundance of flesh or fat in animals; plumpness; corpulence; grossness.

Definition 2024


fleshiness

fleshiness

English

Noun

fleshiness (usually uncountable, plural fleshinesses)

  1. The state or characteristic of being fleshy.
    • 1850, Wilkie Collins, Antonina, ch. 2:
      [T]he fleshiness of the chin, and the jovial redundancy of the cheeks, were, in their turn, utterly at variance with the character of the pale, noble forehead, and the expression of the quick, intelligent eyes.
    • 1862, Dickens, One Grand Tour Deserves Another:
      The truth is, the Frenchman is rather inclined to fleshiness; yet the soup-meagre theory still prevails amongst the mass of Englishmen.

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