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balloony en · ADJ

Etymology

From balloon + -y.

Meanings

1. Tending to balloon
   • Above the word is part of "Central," rendered in a dated balloony script, underlining the archaic nature of Gross's subject. 2004 July 2, Fred Camper, “The City, Brick by Brick”, in Chicago Reader:
   • His low-cut shirt-collar and narrow silken neck-tie were in the style called "English," as quite decidedly, also, were his cross-barred trousers of balloony build; nor, although thus flinging himself for diversion into the vortex of the lower crowd, had he foregone the luxury of tan-colored kid gloves and patent-leather shoes. 1861, Various, Atlantic Monthly Volume 7, No. 40, February, 1861:

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