abdominous

American  

[ab-dom-uh-nuhs] / æbˈdɒm ə nəs /

adjective

1. having a large belly; potbellied.

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Etymology

Origin of abdominous

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

Example Sentences

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.

From The Glugs of Gosh by Dennis, C. J. (Clarence James)

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.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 by Various

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

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

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.”

From A Month in Yorkshire by White, Walter