Dictionary

fleshy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈflɛʃi/

Etymology

From Middle English fleisshy, fleischy, fleschi, equivalent to flesh + -y. Piecewise doublet of fleischig.

Meanings

1. Of, related to, or resembling flesh.
   • [O]ver reefs and banks of shining rock, a bristling beard of spiky and fleshy vegetation was straining into view. 1901, H. G. Wells, chapter 8, in The First Men in the Moon:
   • Mr. Creakle . . . showed me the cane, and asked me what I thought of THAT? . . . Did it bite? At every question he gave me a fleshy cut with it that made me writhe. 1850, Charles Dickens, chapter 7, in David Copperfield:
2. (of a person) Having considerable flesh; plump.
   • He was a large fleshy man, weighing at least two hundred pounds, and he quickly became a faithful representation of a quivering jelly-mountain of fat. 1908, Jack London, The Heathen:
   • The King's face was slightly more fleshy than mine, the oval of its contour the least trifle more pronounced. 1894, Anthony Hope, chapter 3, in The Prisoner of Zenda:
   • It's hard to imagine why Flemish Renaissance artist Peter Paul Rubens would paint a blemish on the backside of one of the fleshy lovelies meant to represent beauty, charm and good cheer, but there's no denying that single red brushstroke in the midst of his central figure's creamy skin. 2009 January 15, Lisa Abend, “Google Earth Takes On the Prado's Masterworks”, in Time:
3. Rich and smooth, with significant body or texture.
   • a fleshy wine

Forms

Antonyms

slender (antonym(s) of “having considerable flesh”) · bony (antonym(s) of “having considerable flesh”) · slim (antonym(s) of “having considerable flesh”)

Deriveds

fleshily · unfleshy · fleshiness · overfleshy · fleshy lupine · subfleshy

Synonyms

porky (having considerable flesh) · corpulent (having considerable flesh) · full-figured (having considerable flesh) · pudgy (having considerable flesh) · well-covered (having considerable flesh)

Translations (70)

es carnudo (having considerable flesh) · fo køggutur (having considerable flesh) · da kødfuld (of, relating to, or resembling flesh) · fi pulska (having considerable flesh) · fi runsasmaltoinen (having considerable flesh) · pt carnudo (having considerable flesh) · tr yağlı (having considerable flesh) · de fleischig (having considerable flesh) · mi tuawhiti (having considerable flesh) · fur polpôs (of, relating to, or resembling flesh) · ga feolmhar (having considerable flesh) · fr charnu (having considerable flesh) · es cachetudo (having considerable flesh) · tr etsi (of, relating to, or resembling flesh) · tr semiz (having considerable flesh) · fur cjarnôs (of, relating to, or resembling flesh) · ug ئەتلىك (having considerable flesh) · bg месест (of, relating to, or resembling flesh) · nl vlezig (having considerable flesh) · vec polpoxo (of, relating to, or resembling flesh) · ota سمیز (having considerable flesh) · cy cnawdol (of, relating to, or resembling flesh) · es carnoso (of, relating to, or resembling flesh) · ota شیشمان (having considerable flesh) · pl mięsisty (having considerable flesh) · tr etli (having considerable flesh) · it carnoso (having considerable flesh) · tsg maunud (having considerable flesh) · bg пълен (having considerable flesh) · da buttet (having considerable flesh) · ca polpós (of, relating to, or resembling flesh) · fr pulpeux (of, relating to, or resembling flesh) · tl katasin (of, relating to, or resembling flesh) · de fleischig (of, relating to, or resembling flesh) · ro cărnos (having considerable flesh) · tr etli butlu (having considerable flesh) · fr viandeux (having considerable flesh) · nb kjøttfull (having considerable flesh) · de wohlbeleibt (having considerable flesh) · pt polposo (of, relating to, or resembling flesh) · ca carnós (of, relating to, or resembling flesh) · fr carné (of, relating to, or resembling flesh) · tr besili (having considerable flesh) · it carnoso (of, relating to, or resembling flesh) · nl vlezig (of, relating to, or resembling flesh) · es carrilludo (having considerable flesh) · fi paksulehtinen (of, relating to, or resembling flesh) · tr şişman (having considerable flesh) · ro cărnos (of, relating to, or resembling flesh) · it polposo (of, relating to, or resembling flesh) · bg от месо (of, relating to, or resembling flesh) · de wohlgenährt (having considerable flesh) · fi täyteläinen (having considerable flesh) · vo midik (of, relating to, or resembling flesh) · cy cnawdog (having considerable flesh) · tr dolgun (having considerable flesh) · tr balıketli (having considerable flesh) · da kraftig (having considerable flesh) · ru пло́тский (of, relating to, or resembling flesh) · es carnoso (having considerable flesh) · nn kjøttfull (having considerable flesh) · bg дебел (having considerable flesh) · fo hyldligur (having considerable flesh) · cy cnodiog (having considerable flesh) · fo væl í holdum (having considerable flesh) · fi lihallinen (of, relating to, or resembling flesh) · tl dapilag (having considerable flesh) · fi vanttera (having considerable flesh) · nn kjøtfull (having considerable flesh) · tr etine dolgun (having considerable flesh)