corpulencen.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > [noun]
featurec1325
making1340
staturec1380
statea1387
bonea1400
figurec1400
makec1425
corpulence1477
corsage1481
makdom1488
mouldc1550
corporature1555
frame1566
dimension1600
limit1608
set1611
timber1612
compact1646
taille1663
fabric1695
moulding1815
physique1826
tournure1827
build1832
form1849
body type1866
body build1907
somatotype1940
size1985
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 15 Her ladyly may[n]tiene & her noble facion & corpulence.
1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) 82 He was of so hyghe & bygge corpulence.
a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. i. f. iiiv/2 Of corpulence he was lene by his abstynence.
2.
a. Bulk of body; over-bulkiness, obesity.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [noun] > fat or plump shape or physique > state of having
fatnessc1000
greasea1340
corsiousnessc1440
fleshiness1541
plumpness1545
corporateness1547
fogginess1547
fleshliness1552
corpulency1577
corpulence1581
corsiness1587
fullness1599
obesity1611
pinguitude1623
obeseness1653
aletude1656
portliness1658
eventriqueness1667
rotundity1684
fat1726
rotundness1727
bloatedness1732
embonpoint1751
roundness1763
repleteness1770
plumpitude1828
corporosity1837
stoutness1838
crumb1843
plumptitude1843
roundedness1849
chubbiness1850
adiposeness1868
roundliness1870
buxomness1875
bloat1905
tubbiness1906
poundage1915
overweight1917
endomorphy1940
plumpishness1947
pudge1967
morbid obesity1969
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxi. 89 Running..abateth the fleshinesse, & corpulence of the body.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 483 Some of Serpent kinde Wondrous in length and corpulence . View more context for this quotation
1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. iii. i. 615 The dryness of the air is not favourable to corpulence in our country [U.S.].
b. concrete. Corpulent persons.Apparently an isolated use.
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1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Sept. 2/1 A real family boat, crowded with corpulence of both sexes.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun]
bodiness1398
corporality1398
corporalness1398
corpulentness1398
materiality1570
bodiliness1587
materialness1587
corpulency1594
corpulencea1625
corporature1647
crassities1659
corporeity1664
bodiship1674
physicalness1727
physicality1827
grossness1862
a1625 J. Boys Wks. (1629) 584 Distinct and divers from the substance and corpulence of the wood.
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