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Noun: puffiness  fú-fee-nus
  1. An abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
    "The patient complained of puffiness in her ankle";
    - swelling, lump
     
  2. Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
    "The puffiness of his speech made many listeners cringe";
    - ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, splashiness, inflation

Type of: enlargement, inelegance, symptom