What does puffed up mean?

puffed up

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English

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adj

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"Since he was elected school prefect, he’s become really puffed up."
"[T]each thy Incubus to Poëtize, / And throvve abroad thy ſpurious Snotteries, / Vpon that puft-vp Lumpe of Barmy froth, […]"
"A short, stout, puffed-up little man in a high pot-hat and a buttoned-up frock-coat and a chest-protector beard was sitting up behind a stump[.]"

more puffed up (comparative) most puffed up (superlative)

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