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gorbellied

gorbellied adjective: having a gorbelly; fat; potbellied.

Adjective

gorbellied (comparative more gorbellied, superlative most gorbellied)

  1. having a gorbelly; fat; potbellied
    • O, 'tis an unconscionable vast gorbellied volume, bigger bulked than a Dutch hoy, & far more boisterous and cumbersome than a pair of Swissers' omnipotent galiass-breeches.1596, Thomas Nashe, Have with You to Saffron-Walden
    • Hang ye, gorbellied knaves, are ye undone? / No, ye fat chuffs I would your store were here!a. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, act 2, scene 2
    Synonyms:
    overweight

Synonyms of gorbellied

Forms of gorbellied

comparativemore gorbellied
superlativemost gorbellied
alternative formgorrel-bellied

Origin of gorbellied

From gorbelly + -ed.

Questions about gorbellied

What does gorbellied mean?
Gorbellied means having a gorbelly; fat; potbellied.
What part of speech is gorbellied?
Gorbellied is an adjective.

Words near gorbellied in the dictionary

  1. Gorbals kiss
  2. Gorbals kisses
  3. Gorban
  4. Gorbasm
  5. Gorbasms
  6. gorbellied
  7. gorbellies
  8. gorbelly
  9. Gorbio
  10. gorblimey
  11. gorblimy

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