Paunchiness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or condition of being paunchy. uncountable

    "That’s because the noun, by virtue of its use as a hyphenated compound adjective in middle-age spread, creates nail-nibbling self-doubt amid visions of muffin-top midriffs and the realization that paunchiness precludes raunchiness."

  2. 2
    the bodily property of a protruding belly wordnet

Synonyms

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abdominousnessabdominousness

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"That’s because the noun, by virtue of its use as a hyphenated compound adjective in middle-age spread, creates nail-nibbling self-doubt amid visions of muffin-top midriffs and the realization that paunchiness precludes raunchiness."

Etymology

From paunchy + -ness.

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