PUFFY

gusty, puffy

(adjective) blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts; “puffy off-shore winds”; “gusty winds”

puffy, intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgid

(adjective) abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; “hungry children with bloated stomachs”; “he had a grossly distended stomach”; “eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids”; “swollen hands”; “tumescent tissue”; “puffy tumid flesh”

bouffant, puffy

(adjective) being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing; “a bouffant skirt”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

puffy (comparative puffier, superlative puffiest)

Swollen or inflated in shape, as if filled with air; pillow-like.

Coming or exhaling in puffs.

Speaking or writing in an exaggeratedly eloquent and self-important manner.

Source: Wiktionary


Puff"y, a.

1. Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy; as, a puffy tumor. " A very stout, puffy man." Thackeray.

2. Hence, inflated; bombastic; as, a puffy style.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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22 February 2025

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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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