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  • noun The state or quality of being pudgy.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the property of having a plump and round body

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Examples

  • At 43, Ostermeier still has something of the enfant terrible about him, even if the boyish pudginess of his face is less obvious than it once was.

    Thomas Ostermeier: 'Hamlet? The play's a mess' 2011

  • Dinah initially withdraws from the competition, as she is insulted that her pudginess is seen as problem.

    Selections 2010

  • Dinah initially withdraws from the competition, as she is insulted that her pudginess is seen as problem.

    Books 2010

  • Dinah initially withdraws from the competition, as she is insulted that her pudginess is seen as problem.

    Reviews 2010

  • He was ridiculed for his pudginess, and being an American surely did nothing to endear him to the locals.

    The Obama Diaries Laura Ingraham 2010

  • He was ridiculed for his pudginess, and being an American surely did nothing to endear him to the locals.

    The Obama Diaries Laura Ingraham 2010

  • He was ridiculed for his pudginess, and being an American surely did nothing to endear him to the locals.

    The Obama Diaries Laura Ingraham 2010

  • He was ridiculed for his pudginess, and being an American surely did nothing to endear him to the locals.

    The Obama Diaries Laura Ingraham 2010

  • But at thirty-three, she was tall and trim, any pudginess long gone thanks to her thrice-weekly runs at the Reservoir.

    Georgia’s Kitchen Jenny Nelson 2010

  • Eating too much and exercising too little go a long way on the path to pudginess.

    Nena Baker: Chemicals and the World's Expanding Waistline 2009

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