bladdery

American  

[blad-uh-ree] / ˈblæd ə ri /

adjective

1. like or resembling a bladder.

2. inflated.

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Etymology

Origin of bladdery

First recorded in 1785–95; bladder + -y ¹

Example Sentences

B.E.2C., a primitive, kitelike fighter plane, was jogging along through the fog when he glimpsed far above him�"like a cod's-eye view of the Queen Mary" �the great bladdery hull of the German Zeppelin L-15.

From Time Magazine Archive

The central nucleus is surrounded by a flattened margin rather bladdery in appearance, of a beautiful red color, formed of a sort of very soft and very elastic jelly.

From The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals by Macé, Jean

Literary societies know but little of this club, for literary societies despise the affairs of the real worker—they are interested in the bladdery essay written by the fashionable ass.

From The Colossus A Novel by Read, Opie Percival

Pope's fame was due to personal assiduities, and 'a certain bladdery swell of management.'

From Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

The Latin and vernacular names both refer to "the bladdery appendage to fruiting perianth."

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis