pinguescent

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adjective

growing obese, fattening

OriginLatin pingu(is) →
Scrabble 16
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Meanings

adjectivepinguescent (comparative more pinguescent, superlative most pinguescent)

comparative more pinguescent · superlative most pinguescent

  1. archaicgrowing obese, fattening

Origin

  1. Latinpingu(is)“fat”
  2. Englishpinguescent

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with pinguescent

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“pinguescent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinguescent. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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