The state or quality of being swollen, enlarged, or puffed up; excessive fullness.
From 'bloat' (Middle Dutch origin, meaning to swell), plus '-ed' (past participle), plus '-ness' (a suffix creating abstract nouns from adjectives). The meaning has evolved from physical swelling to metaphorical excess.
The word 'bloat' reveals how different languages influenced English—it comes from Dutch, showing how trade and contact between Dutch and English seafaring cultures left linguistic traces in our vocabulary.
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