pinguid

American  

[ping-gwid] / ˈpɪŋ gwɪd /

adjective

1. fat; oily.

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pinguid British  

/ ˈpɪŋɡwɪd /

adjective

1. fatty, oily, or greasy; soapy

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Other Word Forms

• pinguidity noun

Etymology

Origin of pinguid

First recorded in 1625–35; from Latin pingu(is) “fat, rich, fertile” + -id ⁴

Example Sentences

The pinguid fingers of Matisse's Jenne Fille au Piano strike from the keyboard notes that drip with colored stridence, red like the shuddering walls, waxen yellow and scarlet like the overripe fruits on the table.

From Time Magazine Archive

Recent experiments upon pinguid and repudiating commuters, in the old way of bullying, coaxing, and "soft-sawdering," have proved to be utter failures.

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 16, July 16, 1870 by Various

Adj. unctuous, oily, oleaginous, adipose, sebaceous; unguinous†; fat, fatty, greasy; waxy, butyraceous, soapy, saponaceous†, pinguid, lardaceous†; slippery.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

Suddenly I was conscious of a pale pink glow which suffused my writing-pad, and I heard a soft but unmistakable thud as of a pinguid body falling in the immediate vicinity.

From The War of the Wenuses by Graves, Charles L. (Charles Larcom)

Sometimes they thought themselves fortunate could they secure a few pigeons, at others, they revelled in pinguid plenty,—kangaroos roasted whole, fat ibis, flying foxes in scores, and ducks by the dozen.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. by Various