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Webster 1913 Edition
Abdominous
Ab-dom′i-nous
,Adj.
Having a protuberant belly; pot-bellied.
Gorgonius sits,
Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan.
abdominous
and wan,Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan.
Cowper.
Webster 1828 Edition
Abdominous
ABDOM'INOUS
,Adj.
Definition 2024
abdominous
abdominous
English
Adjective
abdominous (comparative more abdominous, superlative most abdominous)
- Having a protuberant belly; potbellied. [Mid 17th century.][1]
- 1782, William Cowper, The Progress of Error:
- Gorgonius sits, abdominous and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan
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Translations
pot-bellied
References
- ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 3