Rounded or swollen in shape; having a puffy or bulging appearance.
From Latin 'bombosus,' derived from 'bombus' (a buzzing sound, related to rounded shapes). The semantic shift from sound to shape reflects how Latin descriptions evolved.
This word fell out of use because English speakers preferred 'bombastic' for the metaphorical sense and simply 'puffy' for the physical sense—but 'bombous' perfectly captures that distinctly rounded quality!
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