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FLESHINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fleshiness mean? 

FLESHINESS (noun)
  The noun FLESHINESS has 1 sense:

1. more than average fatnessplay

  Familiarity information: FLESHINESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FLESHINESS (noun)


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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