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abdominous

/æbˈdɒm.ə.nəs/US/æbˈdɑm.ə.nəs/

abdominous adjective: having a protuberant belly; potbellied.

Adjective

abdominous (comparative more abdominous, superlative most abdominous)

  1. Having a protuberant belly; potbellied.
    • Gorgonius sits, abdominous and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan1782, William Cowper, The Progress of Error

abdominous meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

abdominous in Tamil

தொந்தி வயிறுடைய

abdominous in Malayalam

ഉദരസംബന്ധിയായ

Forms of abdominous

comparativemore abdominous
superlativemost abdominous

Origin of abdominous

From abdomin- + -ous.

Questions about abdominous

What does abdominous mean?
Abdominous means having a protuberant belly; potbellied.
What is abdominous in Tamil?
Abdominous in Tamil is தொந்தி வயிறுடைய. See Abdominous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is abdominous?
Abdominous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce abdominous?
Abdominous is pronounced /æbˈdɒm.ə.nəs/ (UK).

Words near abdominous in the dictionary

  1. abdominoscrotal muscle
  2. abdominoscrotal muscles
  3. abdominothoracic
  4. abdominothoracic arch
  5. abdominothoracic arches
  6. abdominous
  7. abdominouterotomies
  8. abdominouterotomy
  9. abdominovaginal
  10. abdominovesical
  11. abdominovisceral

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abdominous (page history and authors); abdominous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abdominous (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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