Mar. 12th, 2018

pinguid

Mar. 12th, 2018 07:43 am
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pinguid (PING-gwid) - adj., fat; fatty, oily.


And not, as I always misremember, cold. So while penguins can be pinguid, they need not be (if, for ex, the fish are scarce). Coined around 1630 from Latin, pinguis, fat, but also juicy and figuratively dull/heavy/comfortable.

---L.

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