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Flesh Jowly Chin Jaw Neck Describe English Sagging

Front jowly
Back having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw

If someone has a double chin and extra flesh around their neck and jaw, you can describe them as jowly. Santa Claus is an example of a jowly gentleman.

A heavy, older face is sometimes a bit jowly, with flesh that is settled and drooping around the jaw line and chin. It's not complimentary to describe someone as jowly, but it can be accurate. This adjective comes from jowl, "fold of flesh under the jawbone," from the Middle English cholle, "flesh hanging from the neck or chin," which shares a root with the Old English word for "chin."

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