pudgy

pudgy
pudgily, adv.pudginess, n.
/puj"ee/, adj., pudgier, pudgiest.
short and fat or thick: an infant's pudgy fingers.
Also, esp. Brit., podgy.
[1830-40; orig. uncert.]

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