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Definition of Fleshiness
1. Noun. More than average fatness.
Generic synonyms: Avoirdupois, Blubber, Fat, Fatness
Specialized synonyms: Adiposis, Corpulence, Overweight, Stoutness, Exogenous Obesity, Embonpoint, Plumpness, Roundness
Derivative terms: Fleshy, Obese
Definition of Fleshiness
1. n. The state of being fleshy; plumpness; corpulence; grossness.
Definition of Fleshiness
1. Noun. The state or characteristic of being fleshy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fleshiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fleshiness
Literary usage of Fleshiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practical French Teacher, Or, A New Method of Learning to Read, Write by Norman Pinney (1849)
"Is not that young lady's chin long, and has she not too much fleshiness ? ...
Has not your cook too much fleshiness ? My cook has too much, and my servant ..."
2. Proceedings of the Essex Institute by Essex Institute (1868)
"Transverse librcs of the panniculus, and the muscle «, also contribute to the
fleshiness of the part. Other muscles of this region could not be dissected ..."
3. Bulletin by United States, United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Office of Experiment Stations (1905)
"... on the high Algerian plate* Used, as in Tunis, by the Jewesses to induce an
excessive fleshiness, which is tl fashion among them. ..."
4. Enquiry Into Plants and Minor Works on Odours and Weather Signs by Theophrastus (1916)
"The ' fruiting ' 2 ones are in general scarcer, for 3 the ' entire rush ' is more
useful for wicker-work because of its fleshiness and pliancy. ..."
5. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Martha Joanna Lamb, Henry Phelps Johnston, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1885)
"Stuart has given a plumpness, or fleshiness, rounded off on the models of the
Academy. Washington was never fleshy, as witness his weight. ..."
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