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corpulent
English
Etymology
From Middle English corpulent, from Old French corpulent, from Latin corpulentus
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k??pj?l?nt/, /?k??pj?l?nt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k??pj?l?nt/
Adjective
corpulent (comparative more corpulent, superlative most corpulent)
- Large in body; fat; overweight.
- (obsolete) Physical, material, corporeal.
Usage notes
- In contemporary usage, "corpulent" can designate a range of bodily states, from modest plumpness to significant fatness to extreme obesity.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:obese
Related terms
- corpulence
Translations
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French corpulent, from Old French corpulent, from Latin corpulentus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?r.py?l?nt/
- Hyphenation: cor?pu?lent
- Rhymes: -?nt
Adjective
corpulent (comparative corpulenter, superlative corpulentst)
- overweight, corpulent
- Synonyms: gezet, lijvig
Inflection
Derived terms
- corpulentheid
- corpulentie
French
Etymology
From Middle French corpulent, from Old French corpulent, a borrowing from Latin corpulentus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.py.l??/
Adjective
corpulent (feminine singular corpulente, masculine plural corpulents, feminine plural corpulentes)
- corpulent, stout
Related terms
- corpulence
Further reading
- “corpulent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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hefty
English
Etymology
19th century. From heft (“weight”) +? -y.
The similarity with German heftig (“vigorous, violent, intense”) is apparently coincidental. From the German are Dutch, Danish, Norwegian heftig, Swedish häftig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h?fti/
Adjective
hefty (comparative heftier, superlative heftiest)
- Heavy, strong, vigorous, mighty, impressive.
- He can throw a hefty punch.
- 1934, Frank Richards, The Magnet, Kidnapped from the Air
- The Remove dormitory echoed to the old, familiar sound of Bunter's hefty snore.
- Strong; bulky.
- They use some hefty bolts to hold up road signs.
- (of a person) Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; powerfully or heavily built.
- He was a tall, hefty man.
- Heavy, weighing a lot.
- She carries a hefty backpack full of books.
- (colloquial, of a number or amount) Large.
- That's going to cost you a hefty sum.
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "hefty" is often applied: price tag, premium, profit, price, penalty, fine, portion, salary, gain, increase, amount, sum, check, fee.
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