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pinguid

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pin⋅guid

  [ping-gwid]
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–adjective
fat; oily.
Origin:
1625–35; < L pingu(is) fat (cf. Gk píōn) + -id 4

Related forms:
pin⋅guid⋅i⋅ty, noun
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pin·guid   (pĭn'gwĭd)   
adj.  Fat; oily.

[Latin pinguis + -id (as in liquid).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

pinguid 
1635, from L. pinguis "fat," from stem of pinguere, from PIE *pei- "fat, sap, juice" (see pine (n.)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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