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English *noun*: puffiness
1.	puffiness (state) an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
		Synonyms	lump, swelling
		Broader (hypernym)	enlargement, symptom
		Narrower (hyponym)	bloat, bunion, dropsy, edema, haematocele, haematocoele, hematocele, hematocoele, hydrops, intumescence, intumescency, iridoncus, lymphogranuloma, oedema, oscheocele, oscheocoele, spermatocele, tumidity, tumidness

2.	puffiness (attribute) lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
		Synonyms	inflation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, splashiness
		Broader (hypernym)	inelegance

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