As adjectives the difference between potbellied and abdominous
is that potbellied is having a potbelly while abdominous is having a protuberant belly; potbellied {{defdate|mid 17th century}}[{{reference-book | last =| first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor =brown, lesley | others = | title = the shorter oxford english dictionary | origdate = | origyear = 1933| origmonth = | url = | format = | accessdate = | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = 5th | date = | year =2003| month = | publisher =oxford university press | location =oxford, uk | language = | id = | doi = | isbn =978-0-19-860575-7 | lccn = | ol = | pages =3| chapter = | chapterurl = | quote =}}].
potbellied
English
Alternative forms
* pot-bellied
Derived terms
* potbellied pig
* potbellied stove
abdominous
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Having a protuberant belly; potbellied.
* Gorgonius sits, abdominous and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan -
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