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English
Etymology
From abdomin- + -ous.
Pronunciation
Adjective
abdominous (comparative more abdominous, superlative most abdominous)
- Having a protuberant belly; potbellied. [1]
1782, William Cowper, The Progress of Error:Gorgonius sits, abdominous and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan
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References
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abdominous”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.