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Etymology

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From bloat-some.

Adjective

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bloatsome (comparative more bloatsome, superlative most bloatsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by bloating
    • 2011, Fran Lebowitz, Tales From A Broad: An Unreliable Memoir:
      What can I wear under these bloatsome circumstances that will be festive and fun, sexy and sharp but won't push down on Pearl's gift to my system? A nightshirt.
    • 2013, Mark McLaughlin, Best Little Witch-House in Arkham:
      Would that I had never inherited that bloatsome and lugubrious legacy.