fleshiness

F4L1E1S1H4I1N1E1S1S1

noun

The state or characteristic of being fleshy.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounfleshiness (usually uncountable, plural fleshinesses)

plural fleshinesses

  1. uncountableusuallyThe state or characteristic of being fleshy.

    The truth is, the Frenchman is rather inclined to fleshiness; yet the soup-meagre theory still prevails amongst the mass of Englishmen.

    1862, Dickens, One Grand Tour Deserves Another
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    [T]he fleshiness of the chin, and the jovial redundancy of the cheeks, were, in their turn, utterly at variance with the character of the pale, noble forehead, and the expression of the quick, intelligent eyes.

    1850, Wilkie Collins, chapter 2, in Antonina

    Synonyms: pudginess

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe state or characteristic of being fleshy.

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More synonyms by meaning

nounmore than average fatness

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishfleshinesse
  2. Englishfleshiness

From Middle English fleshinesse, fleschynes, equivalent to fleshy + -ness.

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APA

fleshiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fleshiness

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fleshiness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fleshiness.

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