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fleshiness en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English fleshinesse, fleschynes, equivalent to fleshy + -ness.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The state or characteristic of being fleshy.
   • The truth is, the Frenchman is rather inclined to fleshiness; yet the soup-meagre theory still prevails amongst the mass of Englishmen. 1862, Dickens, One Grand Tour Deserves Another:
   • [T]he fleshiness of the chin, and the jovial redundancy of the cheeks, were, in their turn, utterly at variance with the character of the pale, noble forehead, and the expression of the quick, intelligent eyes. 1850, Wilkie Collins, chapter 2, in Antonina:

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Synonyms

pudginess