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paunchiness

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paunch⋅y

  [pawn-chee, pahn-]
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–adjective, paunch⋅i⋅er, paunch⋅i⋅est.
having a large and protruding belly; potbellied: a paunchy middle-aged man.
Origin:
1590–1600; paunch + -y 1

Related forms:
paunch⋅i⋅ness, noun
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paunch·y   (pôn'chē, pän'-)   
adj.   paunch·i·er, paunch·i·est
Having a potbelly.
paunch'i·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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paunchy paunch·y (pôn'chē, pän'-)
adj. paunch·i·er, paunch·i·est
Having a potbelly.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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