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substantial
English
Etymology
From Old French substantiel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?b?stæn??l/
Adjective
substantial (comparative more substantial, superlative most substantial)
- Having a substance; actually existing.
- substantial life
- Not imaginary; real; actual; true; veritable.
- 1850s, Cardinal John Henry Newman, The Rise and Progress of Universities
- to do some substantial good, is the compensation for much incidental imperfection
- 1850s, Cardinal John Henry Newman, The Rise and Progress of Universities
- Corporeal; material; firm.
- Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm.
- Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy.
- Large in size, quantity, or value; ample; significant.
- Most important; essential.
- Satisfying; having sufficient substance to be nourishing or filling.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
substantial (plural substantials)
- Anything having substance; an essential part.
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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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