Swollen or inflated, often describing something that has been blown up or made to look larger.
From Old English 'pyffan' meaning 'to blow or swell,' possibly onomatopoetic in origin, imitating the sound of puffing. Related to 'puff' as both a sound and an action.
The word 'puffed' is wonderfully onomatopoetic—when you say it, your mouth actually puffs out air, which is the same action the word describes, making language and physics work together!
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