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FLESHINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fleshiness mean?
• FLESHINESS (noun)
The noun FLESHINESS has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: FLESHINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
More than average fatness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
corpulency; fleshiness; obesity
Hypernyms ("fleshiness" is a kind of...):
avoirdupois; blubber; fat; fatness (excess bodily weight)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fleshiness"):
adiposis; corpulence; overweight; stoutness (the property of excessive fatness)
exogenous obesity (obesity caused by overeating)
embonpoint; plumpness; roundness (the bodily property of being well rounded)
Derivation:
fleshy (usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it)
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