burliness
(ˈbɜːlɪnɪs)
[f. burly + -ness.]
Burly state; fullness of figure; stoutness, bigness.
| 1612 Drayton Poly-olb. viii. 119 Into a lesser roomth thy burlinesse to bring. 1832 L. Hunt Sir R. Esher (1850) 128 In the rest of his face..a kind of bloated prominence, or rather burliness. 1859 Sala Tw. round Clock (1861) 143 Who shall tell..the pitchy burliness of their bulging sides. |