Etymology

pinguescent

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Today it means: growing obese, fattening Full definition →

Latin pingu(is)
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frompingu(is)“fat”
  2. English todaypinguescent

From Latin pingu(is) (“fat”) + -escent.

Words from the same roots

Latinpinguis all →

penguinpinguescencepinguid

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