abdominous

[ab-dom-uh-nuhs]

adjective

1. having a large belly; potbellied.

Word History and Origins

Origin of abdominous¹

1645–55; < Latin abdōmin- ( abdominal ) + -ous

Example Sentences

Gorgonius sits, abdominous and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan.

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Strong transversus abdominous muscles, which are the deep back and abdominal muscles closest to your spine, protect your discs and nerves from impact, said Gokhale.

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I laughed when he mentioned running after the hounds, for, as I saw him, he was, as Southey has it, “broad in the rear and abdominous in the van.”

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I've watched his abdominous, ominous shape Abroad in the land while the nation has slept, Marked his satanical Methods tyrannical; Rigorous, vigorous vigil I kept.

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Never, surely, since their nation entered the abdominous period of its existence, recognized in all its ideal portraits, for which food and sleep are the prime conditions of well-being.

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