BLUBBERY

blubbery

(adjective) swollen with fat; “blubber cheeks”; “blubber lips”; “a coarse blubbery individual”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

blubbery (comparative more blubbery, superlative most blubbery)

Having the characteristics of blubber.

Fat or obese.

With much blubbering.

Source: Wiktionary


Blub"ber*y, a.

1. Swollen; protuberant.

2. Like blubber; gelatinous and quivering; as, a blubbery mass.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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PREMATURELY

(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”


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