paunchiness en · NOUN
Etymology
From paunchy + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or condition of being paunchy.
That’s because the noun, by virtue of its use as a hyphenated compound adjective in middle-age spread, creates nail-nibbling self-doubt amid visions of muffin-top midriffs and the realization that paunchiness precludes raunchiness.
2007 May 6, William Safire, “Halfway Humanity”, in New York Times: