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arrogant, distended, pompous, stuffy, swollen, turgid,

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bloat⋅ed

[bloh-tid]

–adjective

1.	swollen; puffed up; overlarge.

2.	excessively vain; conceited.

3.	excessively fat; obese.

Origin:
1655–65; bloat + -ed ²

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bloat   (blōt) Pronunciation Key
v.   bloat·ed, bloat·ing, bloats

v.   tr.

To cause to swell up or inflate, as with liquid or gas.
To cure (fish) by soaking in brine and half-drying in smoke.

v. intr.
To become swollen or inflated: "Government had bloated out of control" (Lance Morrow).

n.

A swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of cattle and domestic animals that is caused by excessive gas formation following fermentation of ingested watery legumes or green forage.
An excess or surfeit, as of employees, expenses, or procedures: corporate bloat.

[From Middle English blout, soft, puffed, from Old Norse blautr, soft, soaked; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots.]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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bloat·ed (blō'tĭd) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Much bigger than desired: a bloated bureaucracy; a bloated budget.
Medicine Swollen or distended beyond normal size by fluid or gaseous material.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Bloated

Bloat\ (bl[=o]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bloated; p. pr. & vb. n. Bloating.] [Cf. Icel. blotna to become soft, blautr soft, wet, Sw. bl["o]t soft, bl["o]ta to soak; akin to G. bloss bare, and AS. ble['a]t wretched; or perh. fr. root of Eng. 5th blow. Cf. Blote.]

1. To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness.

2. To inflate; to puff up; to make vain. --Dryden.