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pinguescent

pinguescent adjective: growing obese, fattening.

Adjective

pinguescent (comparative more pinguescent, superlative most pinguescent)

  1. (archaic) growing obese, fattening

Forms of pinguescent

comparativemore pinguescent
superlativemost pinguescent

Origin of pinguescent

From Latin pingu(is) (“fat”) + -escent.

Words that rhyme with pinguescent

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Questions about pinguescent

What does pinguescent mean?
Pinguescent means growing obese, fattening.
What part of speech is pinguescent?
Pinguescent is an adjective.

Words near pinguescent in the dictionary

  1. pinguefied
  2. pinguefies
  3. pinguefy
  4. pinguefying
  5. pinguescence
  6. pinguescent
  7. pinguicula
  8. pinguiculas
  9. pinguid
  10. pinguidinous
  11. pinguidity

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