Gorbellied
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Gorbellied is an adjective meaning having a gorbelly; fat; potbellied.
Meaning
having a gorbelly; fat; potbellied.
Example Sentences
Hang ye, gorbellied knaves, are ye undone? / No, ye fat chuffs I would your store were here!
"Get tha gone out on't, tha gurt guttling gor-bellied mazy-jack!" she observed acrimoniously.
Some of your gorbellied country chuffes have cast themselves into their frieze jerkins, with great tin buttons silver'd o'r.
O, 'tis an unconscionable vast gorbellied volume, bigger bulked than a Dutch hoy, & far more boisterous and cumbersome than a pair of Swissers' omnipotent galiass-breeches.
Word Forms
- gorrel-bellied
Synonyms for gorbellied
Depending on context, synonyms include overweight.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include potbellied, pot-bellied, barrel-bellied, paunchy, swagbellied, bellied.
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