pudsy

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From pud (“pudding”) +‎ -sy.

Adjective

pudsy (comparative more pudsy or pudsier, superlative most pudsy or pudsiest)

  1. (rare) Slightly fat; pudgy, chubby.
    • 2014, Jules Howard, Sex on Earth: A Celebration of Animal Reproduction, New York City: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
      I wanted to sully the hedgehog's pudsy, fuddlesome reputation and discover that the females were somehow harlots and the males were skulduggerous peddlers of filth.

Noun

pudsy (plural not attested)

  1. (endearing, dated) A nickname for a chubby or pudgy person, especially a baby.
    • 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Melbourne: Angus & Robertson, page 16:
      Pixie cried, "Food values my father's foot! All she knows about food, Mrs Fry, is how to feed her own fat face!" Brownie the little echo trilled, "That's why she's such a pudsey!"

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