jowly

comparative jowlier · superlative jowliest

1. Having conspicuous jowls; with a double chin.

   Nick, or Domenico, was sixty or so now and looked it. He was jowly and paunched and was still Italian enough not to give a damn.

   1980, Anthony Burgess, chapter 61, in Earthly Powers, London: Hutchinson

   2 more examples

   […] his strong jaw renders the face indeed “jowly” rather than oval, consequently the expression is normally hard, though open and not ill-humoured, whilst the smile which comes out of it is pleasant.

   1864, Richard Burton, chapter 9, in A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome, 2nd edition, volume 1, London: Tinsley Brothers, page 233

   Over the last few years, the liberal Democratic image of Vice President Richard M. Nixon as a jowly, blue-jawed villain with a ski-jump nose has receded in the light of his growing stature and achievements.

   1960 January 18, “The Old Caricature”, in Time