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corpulence

English

Alternative forms

  • corpulency

Etymology

From Old French corpulence, from Latin corpulentia.

Noun

corpulence (countable and uncountable, plural corpulences)

  1. The state or characteristic of being corpulent.

Synonyms

  • corpulentness (obsolete)
  • obesity
  • pudginess

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin corpulentia.

Noun

corpulence f (plural corpulences)

  1. corpulence (quality of being corpulent)

Related terms

  • corpulent

Further reading

  • “corpulence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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heavyset

English

Alternative forms

  • heavy-set

Etymology

heavy +? set

Adjective

heavyset (comparative more heavyset, superlative most heavyset)

  1. (of a person) Having a large, solid, imposing bodily appearance; overweight.
    • 1989, "One Bear Of a Soviet Politician," Time, 20 Mar.,
      No Soviet political figure has been as irreverently outspoken about Soviet life or as ambitious to change it as Boris Yeltsin, 58, a heavyset, 6-ft. 2-in. man from Sverdlovsk in the Ural Mountains.

Usage notes

  • Heavyset suggests corpulence, and sometimes a squat appearance, but not extreme obesity.

Synonyms

  • stocky, stout, thickset

Translations

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