embonpoint

em·bon·point (ä

bô

-pw

)

The condition of being plump; stoutness.

[French, from en bon point, in good condition : en, in (from Latin in; see in-²) + bon, good (from Old French; see boon²) + point, situation, condition; see point.]

embonpoint French [ɑ̃bɔ̃pwɛ̃]

plumpness or stoutness

adj

plump; stout

[from phrase en bon point in good condition]

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Noun	1.	embonpoint - the bodily property of being well rounded plumpness, roundness corpulency, fleshiness, obesity - more than average fatness chubbiness, pudginess, rolypoliness, tubbiness - the property of having a plump and round body buxomness - the bodily property of being attractively plump and vigorous and (of women) full-bosomed
Adj.	1.	embonpoint - sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure; "a chubby child"; "pleasingly plump"; chubby, plump fat - having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"

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embonpoint

n (hum euph) → Embonpoint m or nt (dated), → Leibesfülle f

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buxomness
chubbiness
chubby
corpulency
FAT
Fatness
Fleshiness
obesity
plump
plumpness
pudginess
rolypoliness
roundness
tubbiness

Their physical resemblance would have been complete if an elderly embonpoint had not stretched Mrs.

The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context

Maston, began to acquire a degree of embonpoint which would have rendered them unrecognizable if their imprisonment had been prolonged to some months.

Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context

That look of wan emaciation which anxiety or low spirits often communicates to a thoughtful, thin face, rather long than round, having vanished from hers; a clearness of skin almost bloom, and a plumpness almost embonpoint, softened the decided lines of her features.

The Professor by Bronte, Charlotte View in context

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