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bulky

English

Etymology

From Middle English bulki, boulky, equivalent to bulk +? -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?b?lki/

Adjective

bulky (comparative bulkier, superlative bulkiest)

  1. Being large in size, mass, or volume.
  2. Unwieldy.
  3. (bodybuilding) Having excess body mass, especially muscle.

Translations

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populous

English

Etymology

First used in English in the mid 15th century; from Latin populosus (“full of people, populous”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?p?pj?l?s/
  • (US) enPR: päp?y?-l?s, IPA(key): /?p?pj?l?s/
  • Homophone: populace

Adjective

populous (comparative more populous, superlative most populous)

  1. Having a large population.
  2. (of a language) Spoken by a large number of people.
    • 1974, Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman, Nina M. Hyams, An Introduction to Language ?ISBN, page 524:
      The Sino-Tibetan family includes Mandarin, the most populous language in the world, spoken by more than one billion Chinese.
  3. Densely populated.
  4. Crowded with people.

Usage notes

  • Do not confuse populace (a noun) with populous (an adjective).

Translations

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