PUFFINESS

ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation

(noun) lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

swelling, puffiness, lump

(noun) an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

puffiness (countable and uncountable, plural puffinesses)

The state or quality of being puffy.

The puffiness under her eyes made her look older than she really was.

Source: Wiktionary


Puff"i*ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being puffy.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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12 February 2025

MEGACOLON

(noun) an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung’s disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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