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Webster 1913 Edition


Puffy

Puff′y

,
Adj.
1.
Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy;
as, a
puffy
tumor
.
“ A very stout, puffy man.”
Thackeray.
2.
Hence, inflated; bombastic;
as, a
puffy
style
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Puffy

PUFF'Y

,
Adj.
Swelled with air or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; as a puffy tumor.
1.
Tumid; turgid; bombastic; as a puffy style.

Definition 2024


puffy

puffy

English

Adjective

puffy (comparative puffier, superlative puffiest)

  1. Of or pertaining to puffs or puffiness; being pillow-like, exhibiting swelling, inflated.
  2. Speaking or writing in an exaggeratedly eloquent and self-important manner.

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