high-fed

English

Adjective

high-fed (comparative more high-fed, superlative most high-fed)

Well-fed; fed to excess. [from 17th c.]
- 1748, [Samuel Richardson], chapter 7, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume I, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
  The poor Bella has, you know, a plump high-fed face, if I maybe allowed the expression.

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