pudsy, a. (n.)
(ˈpʌdzɪ)
Also 8 pudsey.
[? Connected with pud n.1 hand, paw. If related to pudgy, it is an earlier form.]
Plump.
| 1754 Richardson Grandison (1781) VII. xliii. 211 He..took the little thing from me, kissed its forehead, its cheek, its lips, its little pudsey hands. 1774 T. Hutchinson Diary 27 Oct., I was determined..to kiss one of their little pudsey hands. 1831 F. A. Kemble Record Girlhood (1878) II. 264 A fat, red, round, staring, pudsy thing! 1869 Mrs. Whitney Hitherto v, His pudsy hands upon his dimpled knees. |
B. n. A term of endearment (primarily to a baby).
| a 1756 E. Haywood Wife to Lett iii, Here, Pudsy, read this—Read, Pudsy, it's prettily turned. |