swagbellied

English

Etymology

See swagbelly.

Adjective

swagbellied (comparative more swagbellied, superlative most swagbellied)

1. Having a prominent, overhanging belly.
   • c. 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, act 2, scene 3, lines 71–74:

     I learned it in England, where indeed they are most / potent in potting. Your Dane, your German, and your / swagbellied Hollander — Drink, ho! — are nothing to / your English.

   • 1928, Edward A. Ross, World Drift, New York, London: The Century Co., page 18:

     to please some swag-bellied plutocrat

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:overweight