puffiness

2 definitions found

puffiness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Puffiness \Puff"i*ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being puffy.
     [1913 Webster]

puffiness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  puffiness
      n 1: an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement [syn:
           swelling, puffiness, lump]
      2: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed
         up with vanity [syn: ostentation, ostentatiousness,
         pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness,
         splashiness, inflation]