Unpuffed

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Not having been puffed up, swollen, or made to look larger than normal ; not having been inflated with air or gas to increase its size
2. Lacking any swelling, distension, or added volume, and remaining flat or in its natural shape ; not blown up or expanded by air or gas
3. Left in its compressed, unswollen condition, never filled out or distended by any added air

Etymology: "Unpuffed" is simply the adjective "puffed" with the negating prefix "un-" attached, meaning not puffed, not swollen or inflated. The prefix "un-" comes from Old English, where it was a productive way to reverse an action or state, and it has been freely attached to verbs and adjectives throughout the history of English. "Puffed" itself descends from the verb "puff," which imitates the short, breathy sound of blowing or gusting air. Its sense of swelling or distending, as with a puffed sleeve or puffed-up pride, grew out of that idea of air forced into something. Because "unpuffed" is built transparently from its two parts, its meaning follows directly from them, so it needs no separate history of its own.

Synonyms: flat, deflated, unswollen

Antonyms: puffed, swollen