Wordology, Gorbellied

It is pronounced GOR-bel-eed and means having a large belly: fat. From gorbelly (large belly), from gor (gore) + belly, from Old English belig (bag). Earliest documented use: 1529.

“Falstaff: Hang ye, gorbellied knaves, are ye undone? No, ye fat chuffs. ”William Shakespeare; Henry IV, Part 1; 1623.