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corpulent

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cor·pu·lent  (kôrpy-lnt)
adj.
Excessively fat. See Synonyms at fat.

corpu·lent·ly adv.

corpulent [ˈkɔːpjʊlənt]
adj
physically bulky; fat
[from Latin corpulentus fleshy]
corpulence , corpulency n
corpulently  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.corpulentcorpulent - excessively fat; "a weighty man"    
fat - having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"

corpulent
adjective fat, large, overweight, plump, stout, bulky, burly, obese, fleshy, beefy (informal), tubby, portly, roly-poly, rotund, well-padded His rather corpulent figure betrayed his self-indulgent lifestyle.
thin, slim, skinny, gaunt, bony, anorexic, emaciated, underweight, scrawny, skin and bones (informal), thin as a rake
Translations
corpulent [ˈkɔːpjʊlənt] ADJcorpulento

corpulent [ˈkɔːrpjʊlənt] adj (literary)corpulent(e)

corpulent
adjkorpulent

corpulent [ˈkɔːpjʊlənt] adjcorpulento/a
corpulent [ˈkɔːpjʊlənt] adjcorpulento/a

corpulent
adj corpulent [ˈkoːpjulənt]
fat a corpulent old man. vet, geset بَدين، سَمـين пълен tlustý korpulent; svær; fedladen beleibt παχύσαρκος corpulento täidlane چاق؛ تنومند pyylevä corpulent שָּמֵן मोटा तथा भारी jake građe, korpulentan kövér gemuk, gendut feitur, feitlaginn corpulento 太った 비만한 apkūnus korpulents; tukls gemuk corpulent korpulent, svær, fet og tykk otyły corpulento corpolent тучный korpulentný zajeten korpulentan korpulent อ้วนท้วน şişman 肥胖的,臃腫的 гладкий; товстий موٹ‍ا، فرب‍ہ to béo
n corpulence
gesetheid بَدانَه، سُمْن пълнота tloušťka fedladenhed die Beleibtheit παχυσαρκία corpulencia täidlus چاقی؛ تنومندی pyylevyys corpulence שׁוּמָן मोटापन korpulencija kövérség kegemukan fita, feitlagni corpulenza 肥満 비만 apkūnumas korpulence; tuklums kegemukan corpulentie korpulens, fedme otyłość corpulência corpolenţă тучность korpulentnosť zajetnost korpulentnost korpulens ความอ้วน şişmanllık 肥胖 повнота; огрядність موٹ‍اپ‍ا، فرب‍ہ‍ی sự to béo


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She was supposed to be the most corpulent woman in England, and was accommodated on the ground-floor of the house in consequence of the difficulty of getting her up and down stairs.
They were almost as tall, and quite as corpulent as himself; but by no means to be compared with him in grandeur of habiliments, wearing no other garb than the pan.
They never came back to see their mother, and the latter being, like many persons of active mind and dominating will, sedentary and corpulent in her habit, had philosophically remained at home.
 
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