pot-bellied, a.
(ˈpɒtˌbɛlɪd)
[Parasynthetic f. next + -ed2.]
Having a pot-belly. Also transf. Also, = pot-belly 2 b.
| 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden cl. 229 Given to tame Rabbets when they are pot-bellyed through costivenesse. 1698 Phil. Trans. XX. 262 He would appear in all the Deformities that can be imagin'd, as Hunch Back'd, Pot Belly'd, Sharp Breasted. 1814 Scott Wav. lxvi, A pot⁓bellied Dutch bottle of brandy. 1858 Carlyle Fredk. Gt. iv. iii. (1872) I. 294 A gluttonous race of Jutes and Angles..lumbering about in potbellied equanimity. 1899 [see merchant n. 4]. 1959 [see pot n.1 1 h]. 1964 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 21 May (1970) 143 Not only was the schoolhouse the same as the one at Fern, but there was a big pot-bellied stove inside. 1973 Nation Rev. (Melbourne) 31 Aug. 1455/4 He revealed an ancient potbellied stove. 1979 O. Sela Petrograd Consignment 5 A burly, pot-bellied Swiss. |