Meaning

noun an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement

noun lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

originEtymology tree English puffy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English puffiness From puffy + -ness.

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