poussah.
roly-poly (toy that rights itself when pushed over)
Meaning & usage
roly-poly (toy that rights itself when pushed over)
a very fat, short, and stocky man
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Chinese 菩薩 /菩萨 (púsà, “bodhisattva”), referring in particular to statues of the bodhisattva Maitreya, which European travellers and missionaries observed to have very large bellies. First attested as pussa in 1670, as poussa in 1782, and as poussah in 1852. Doublet of bodhisattva.
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