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pudgy

[puhj-ee] Origin

pudg·y

[puhj-ee]
adjective, pudg·i·er, pudg·i·est.
short and fat or thick: an infant's pudgy fingers.
Also, especially British, podgy.


Origin:
1830–40; origin uncertain

pudg·i·ly, adverb
pudg·i·ness, noun
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Pudgy is always a great word to know.
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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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pudgy (ˈpʌdʒɪ)
 
adj , pudgier, pudgiest
a variant spelling (esp US) of podgy
 
[C19: of uncertain origin; compare earlier pudsy plump, perhaps from Scottish pud stomach, plump child]
 
'pudgily
 
adv
 
'pudginess
 
n

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pudgy
1836, from colloquial pudge (1808) "anything short and thick," perhaps from pudsy "plump" (1754), possibly a dim. of nursery word pud "hand, forepaw." A connection with pudding (q.v.) also has been conjectured.
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