Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Potbellied.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to the abdomen; abdominal.
- Having a large belly; pot-bellied.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Having a protuberant belly; pot-bellied.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. having a large belly
Etymologies
- From Latin abdomin- ("abdomen") + -ous (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Never, surely, since their nation entered the abdominous period of its existence, recognized in all its ideal portraits, for which food and sleep are the prime conditions of well-being.”
“Strong transversus abdominous muscles, which are the deep back and abdominal muscles closest to your spine, protect your discs and nerves from impact, said Gokhale.”
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“Joy for an undertaker, Rich for a pauper, or Noble for a tailor; Big for a lean or little person, and Small for one who is broad in the rear and abdominous in the van; Short for a fellow six feet without his shoes, or Long for him whose high heels barely elevate him to the height of five; Sweet for one who has either a vinegar face, or a foxy complexion; Younghusband for an old bachelor; Merryweather for any one in November or February, a black spring, a cold summer, or a wet autumn; Goodenough for a person no better than he should be; Toogood for _any_ human creature; and Best for a subject who is perhaps too bad to be endured.”
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 459 Volume 18, New Series, October 16, 1852
“(Yet how could you hear him singing a song if there wasn't a song to sing?) "I've watched his abdominous, ominous shape”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘abdominous’.
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Rare Words - A
Not just rare words, but thousands of RARE WORDS WITH DEFINITIONS.
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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A to abominator (Chambers)
aa gets over 40 hits
aardvark 49 hits
abbatoir 103 hits
abjure 138 hitsA, A-line, A-list, A-lister, A 1, A-road, A-side, from A to B, from A to Z, A-bomb, A-effect, A level and 254 more...
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from phrontistery.info
aba, abacinate, abactor, abaculus, abaft, abampere, abapical, abarticular, abasement, abasia, abask, abatis and 1214 more...
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Cinnamony Sea Anemones & Co.
Words full of m's and n's are a little-known cure for sadness.
aeschynomenous, monomoy, zamzummim, abdominous, abhominal, abonnement, acetaminophen, acetophenone, adenomyoma, aeronomer, agnominal, albuminimeter and 229 more...
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A few of my favorite things
Much overdue...I hope to be as selective as possible with this. In short, the prettiest, strangest, funniest words.
bunbury, milquetoast, greenhorn, imbroglio, mercurial, chimera, gadzooks, circuitous, chthonic, viscera, vertiginous, nepenthe and 34 more...
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tomladams's Words
demiurge, oneiromancy, mandarinate, hypnoidal, pasigraphic, einfalle, outrine, fumaroles, haruspication, decennial, propinquity, gamin and 45 more...
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palooka's Words
abysmal, iridescence, behemoth, misbegotten, fathomless, catwalk, foible, vapid, caravanserai, happenstance, addled, congeries and 29 more...
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Troopie's list
Just interesting words that have washed up on the shore of my curiosity.
abactor :, abapical, abderian, abditive, abdominous, absonant, aby, acapnotic, acedia, agelast, altiloquence, stygofauna
Tweets
Looking for tweets for abdominous.
troopie Having a protuberant or big belly
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Gorgonius sits, abdominous and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan" - Cowper May 7, 2008
palooka Having a large belly, a potbelly. A polite way of pointing that fact out to a loved one. Jan 13, 2007