bladdered
Britishadjective
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They affect greatness in all they write, but it is a bladdered greatness, like that of the vain man whom Seneca describes an ill habit of body, full of humours, and swelled with dropsy.
From Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry by Dryden, John
To put up in bladders; as, bladdered lard.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
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