bellied

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bellied

/ˈbɛlid/

adjective

not comparable Having a large or prominent belly. There was, also, among the company a mannered, bellied person called Alured Castorley […]
in compounds, not comparable Having a belly of a specified type. full-bellied knife
not comparable Swollen, bulging, or billowing; bellying. 1819, Joseph Rodman Drake, “The American Flag” in The Culprit Fay, and Other Poems, New York: Van Norden & King, 1847, p. 91, Flag of the seas! on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter o’er the brave; When death, careering on the gale, Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail,
figuratively, not comparable Overblown, exaggerated. […] the choicest of his friends, Such as would blush to talk such serious follies, Or back such bellied commendations […]

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of belly

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@misc{bellied_2026,
  title = {bellied},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bellied},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}