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poddier

poddier is the comparative form of poddy.

Meaning of poddy

Adjective

poddy (comparative poddier, superlative poddiest)

  1. (not comparable) Of or pertaining to a pod or pods.
    • […] the second cutting each season was allowed to become poddy, i.e., to set seed pods.1944, New Mexico State University Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin of the Agricultural Experiment Station, New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Issues 318-329, page 88
  2. Fat, corpulent.
  3. (Australia, not comparable) Fed by hand.
    • One of my half-starved poddy calves was very ill, and I went out to doctor it previous to bathing and tidying myself for my finishing household duties.1901, Miles Franklin, “The 3rd of December 1898”, in My Brilliant Career, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, page 292

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Questions about poddier

What is poddier the comparative form of?
Poddier is the comparative form of poddy.

Words near poddier in the dictionary

  1. poddars
  2. podded
  3. podder
  4. podders
  5. poddidge
  6. poddier
  7. poddies
  8. poddiest
  9. podding
  10. poddinger
  11. poddingers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poddier (page history and authors); poddy (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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