gorbelly

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gorbelly

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UK 16th century. Possibly gore + belly or gormand + belly. Compare Swedish går-bälg.

noun gorbellies

  1. obsolete A large, protruding belly.

    Similar: paunch

  2. obsolete A person with such a belly. The belching gorbelly hath well nigh killed me.

Similar: fat person

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Similar: fat person

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@misc{gorbelly_2026,
  title = {gorbelly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gorbelly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}