Pouchy
/ˈpaʊ.tʃi/noun
Resembling a pouch; baggy, bulging, or having a pouch-like shape.
Did you know?Pouchy is a modern adjective built from pouch, and pouch traces back through Old French to a Latin word for a swollen belly or sack-like bulge — language literally turned shape into meaning.
Etymological Timeline
Old French
OF
pouche
“a bag or pouch”
Middle English
ME
pouche
“a small bag, purse, or sack”
Early Modern English
English
pouch
“a small bag, pocket, or swelling”
19th Century
English
pouchy
“having the look or form of a pouch; baggy or bulging”
Modern English
English
pouchy
“resembling a pouch; loose, bulging, or sack-like”
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