"overgrown, unwieldy," especially from too much eating and drinking, 1660s, past-participle adjective from bloat (v.). Figurative sense "puffed up" with pride, wealth, etc., is by 1711.
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blizzard
bloat
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blob
bloc
block
blockade
blockage
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