Word Meanings - PUFFERY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of puffing; bestowment of extravagant commendation.

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• PUFF-LEGGED
  Having a conspicuous tuft of feathers on the legs.
• PUFFINESS
  The quality or state of being puffy.
• PUFF-LEG
  Any one of numerous species of beautiful humming birds of the genus Eriocnemis having large tufts of downy feathers on the legs.
• EXTRAVAGANT
  + vagance, , p. pr. of vagari to wander, from vagus wandering, vague. 1. Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign. The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine. Shak. 2. Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained;
• PUFFERY
  The act of puffing; bestowment of extravagant commendation.
• COMMENDATION
  A message of affection or respect; compliments; greeting. Hark you, Margaret; No princely commendations to my king Shak. (more info) 1. The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation. Need we . . . epistles of
• PUFFING
  a. & n. from Puff, v. i. & t. Puffing adder. Same as Puff adder , under Puff. -- Puffing pig , the common porpoise.
• PUFF
  1. A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff. " To every puff of wind a slave." Flatman. 2. Anything light and filled with air. Specifically: A puffball. kind of light
• PUFFY
  1. Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy; as, a puffy tumor. " A very stout, puffy man." Thackeray. 2. Hence, inflated; bombastic; as, a puffy style.
• PUFFIN
  An arctic sea bird Fratercula arctica) allied to the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence the name; -- called also bottle nose, cockandy, coulterneb, marrot, mormon, pope, and sea parrot. Note: The name is also applied to other
• EXTRAVAGANTNESS
  The state of being extravagant or in excess; excess; extravagance.
• BESTOWMENT
  1. The act of giving or bestowing; a conferring or bestowal. If we consider this bestowment of gifts in this view. Chauncy. 2. That which is given or bestowed. They almost refuse to give due praise and credit to God's own bestowments. I. Taylor.
• PUFFBALL
  A kind of ball-shaped fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum, and other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when ripe; -- called also bullfist, bullfice, puckfist, puff, and puffin.
• EXTRAVAGANTLY
  In an extravagant manner; wildly; excessively; profusely.
• PUFFINGLY
  In a puffing manner; with vehement breathing or shortness of breath; with exaggerated praise.
• PUFFER
  A kier. (more info) 1. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation. 2. One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. Bouvier. Any plectognath fish which inflates
• RECOMMENDATION
  1. The act of recommending. 2. That which recommends, or commends to favor; anything procuring, or tending to procure, a favorable reception, or to secure acceptance and adoption; as, he brought excellent recommendations. 3. The state of being
• BEPUFFED
  Puffed; praised. Carlyle.
• DISCOMMENDATION
  Blame; censure; reproach. Ayliffe.