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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
1830–40; origin uncertain
Related forms
pudg·i·ly, adverb
pudg·i·ness, noun
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World English Dictionary
| 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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Word Origin & History
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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