† ˈgorbellied, a. Obs.
[f. gorbelly + -ed2.]
Having a protuberant belly; corpulent.
| a 1529 Skelton Agst. Garnesche ii. 36 Gup, gorbellyd Godfrey! 1538 Elyot Dict., Doliaris heluo, a gorbelyed glutton. 1542 Udall Erasm. Apophth. 110 a, A great gorrebealyed chuff. a 1557 M. Basset tr. More on the Passion in More's Wks. 1402/1 A greate gorbelyed glotton. 1596 Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, ii. ii. 93 Hang ye gorbellied knaues, are you vndone? 1650 Bulwer Anthropomet. 259 The Gordians and Muscovites, and other Gorbellied Nations. 1699 R. L'Estrange Colloq. Erasm. (1711) 166 A kind of Gorbelly'd Kites, with crooked Beaks and Tallons. 1831 E. J. Trelawny Adv. Younger Son ix. (1890) 59, I never saw the gorbellied Scotch captain again. 1838 D. Jerrold Men of Charac., C. Snub ii. Wks. 1864 III. 421 The gorbellied varlets, with mouths greasy with the goods of cheated worth. |
| transf. 1596 Nashe Saffron Walden F 2 An vnconscionable gorbellied Volume, bigger bulkt than a Dutch Hoy. |