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PAUNCHINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paunchiness mean?
• PAUNCHINESS (noun)
The noun PAUNCHINESS has 1 sense:
1. the bodily property of a protruding belly
Familiarity information: PAUNCHINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The bodily property of a protruding belly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
abdominousness; paunchiness
Hypernyms ("paunchiness" is a kind of...):
avoirdupois; blubber; fat; fatness (excess bodily weight)
Derivation:
paunchy (having a large belly)
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