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corpulent adjective [ ˈkɔːpjʊl(ə)nt ]

• (of a person) fat.
• "a short, somewhat corpulent man"
Similar: fat, fattish, obese, overweight, plump, portly, stout, chubby, paunchy, beer-bellied, thickset, hefty, heavy, heavyset, burly, bulky, chunky, well padded, well covered, well upholstered, meaty, fleshy, rotund, round, well rounded, broad, broad in the beam, of ample proportions, big, large, gargantuan, elephantine, tubby, pudgy, beefy, porky, roly-poly, blubbery, poddy, podgy, fubsy, lard-arsed, zaftig, corn-fed, nuggety, pyknic, squabby, pursy, abdominous,
Opposite: thin,
Origin: late Middle English: from Latin corpulentus, from corpus ‘body’.


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