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obese
English
Etymology
From Latin ob?sus, derived from obed? (“I devour, eat away”), from ob (“away”) + ed? (“I eat”)
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /o??bis/
- (UK) IPA(key): /???bi?s/, /??bi?s/
Adjective
obese (comparative more obese, superlative most obese or obesest)
- Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m2.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:obese
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- fat
Anagrams
- Boese
Interlingua
Adjective
obese (not comparable)
- obese
Related terms
- obesitate
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?ze
Adjective
obese
- feminine plural of obeso
Noun
obese f pl
- feminine plural of obeso
Latin
Participle
ob?se
- vocative masculine singular of ob?sus
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gargantuan
English
Etymology
From French Gargantua, a giant with a very large appetite in Rabelais's The Inestimable Life of Gargantua. Rabelais derived Gargantua from the Portuguese and Spanish garganta (“throat”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?????æn.t?u.?n/
Adjective
gargantuan (comparative more gargantuan, superlative most gargantuan)
- Huge; immense; tremendous.
- Synonyms: colossal, enormous, giant, huge, humongous, immense; see also Thesaurus:gigantic
- (obsolete) Of the giant Gargantua or his appetite.
Derived terms
- gargantuanism
- gargantuanly
- gargantuanness
Translations
Further reading
- “gargantuan”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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