Pudsy

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A nickname for a chubby or pudgy person, especially a baby. dated, endearing, no-plural

    "Pixie cried, "Food values my father's foot! All she knows about food, Mrs Fry, is how to feed her own fat face!" Brownie the little echo trilled, "That's why she's such a pudsey!""

Adjective
  1. 1
    Slightly fat; pudgy, chubby. rare

    "I wanted to sully the hedgehog's pudsy, fuddlesome reputation and discover that the females were somehow harlots and the males were skulduggerous peddlers of filth."

Synonyms

All synonyms
chubbydumpypodgyrotundstouttubby

Example

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"I wanted to sully the hedgehog's pudsy, fuddlesome reputation and discover that the females were somehow harlots and the males were skulduggerous peddlers of filth."

Etymology

From pud (“pudding”) + -sy.

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