different between fleshy vs palatoglossus

English

Etymology

From Middle English fleisshy, fleischy, fleschi, equivalent to flesh +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fl??i/
• Rhymes: -??i

Adjective

fleshy (comparative fleshier or more fleshy, superlative fleshiest or most fleshy)

1. Of, related to, or resembling flesh.
2. (of a person) Having considerable flesh; plump.
   • 1908, Jack London, "The Heathen":

     He was a large fleshy man, weighing at least two hundred pounds, and he quickly became a faithful representation of a quivering jelly-mountain of fat.

   • 2009, Lisa Abend, "Google Earth Takes On the Prado's Masterworks," Time, 15 Jan.:

     It's hard to imagine why Flemish Renaissance artist Peter Paul Rubens would paint a blemish on the backside of one of the fleshy lovelies meant to represent beauty, charm and good cheer, but there's no denying that single red brushstroke in the midst of his central figure's creamy skin.

Usage notes

• Fleshy is not necessarily negative in connotation (as fat, for example) and may be used to describe men or women.

Synonyms

• (having considerable flesh): corpulent, full-figured, porky, pudgy, well-covered

Antonyms

• (having considerable flesh): bony, slender, slim

Translations

Anagrams

• shelfy

English

Alternative forms

• palatoglossal

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin pal?togl?ssus, clipping of m?sculus pal?togl?ssus (“palatoglossal muscle”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pal.?t.?(?)??l?s.?s/, /p??le?.t?(?)??l?s.?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pæl.?t.o???l?s.?s/, /?pæl.?t.o???l?s.?s/
• Rhymes: -?s?s, -??s?s

Noun

palatoglossus (plural palatoglossi)

1. (anatomy) A small fleshy muscle, narrower in the middle than at either end, that arises from the soft palate on each side, contributes to the structure of the palatoglossal arch of the fauces, and is inserted into the side and dorsum of the tongue; it serves to raise the back of the tongue and constrict the fauces.

   Synonym: glossopalatinus

References

• “palatoglossus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “palatoglossus”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Latin

Etymology

From pal?tum (“the palate”) +? Ancient Greek ?????? (glôssa, “the tongue”) +? -us (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pa.la?.to??lo?s.sus/, [pä??ä?t??????o?s???s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.la.to??los.sus/, [p?l?t????l?s?us]

Adjective

pal?togl?ssus (feminine pal?togl?ssa, neuter pal?togl?ssum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) palatoglossal (relating to the palate and the tongue)

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

• ? English: palatoglossus