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pudgy

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pudg⋅y

  [puhj-ee]
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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; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
pudg⋅i⋅ly, adverb
pudg⋅i⋅ness, noun
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pudg·y   (pŭj'ē)   
adj.   pudg·i·er, pudg·i·est
Short and fat; chubby: pudgy fingers. See Synonyms at fat.

[From pudge, something thick and short.]
pudg'i·ness 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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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