embonpointn.adj.
/ɒmbɒnˈpwã/ A. n.
Plumpness, well-nourished appearance of body: in complimentary or euphemistic sense.
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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
1751 W. Warburton in Wks. of Alexander Pope III. 272 To take care that the..colours are proportioned to her complexion; the stuff, to the enbonpoint of her person.
1807 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi iii. App. 35 They are all inclining a little to enbonpoint.
1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. xi. 291 A form decidedly inclined to embonpoint.
1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. ii. 308 An increase in the body-weight and the embonpoint of those who take stimulants.
B. adj. (predicative)
Plump, well-nourished-looking. [In French only as phrase en bon point.]
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] > fat or plump
fatc893
frimOE
fullOE
overfatOE
greatOE
bald1297
roundc1300
encorsivea1340
fattishc1369
fleshyc1369
fleshlyc1374
repletea1398
largec1405
corsious1430
corpulentc1440
corsyc1440
fulsome1447
portlyc1487
corporate1509
foggy fata1529
corsive1530
foggish?1537
plump1545
fatty1552
fleshful1552
pubble1566
plum1570
pursy1576
well-fleshed1576
gross?1577
fog1582
forfatted1586
gulchy1598
bouksome1600
fat-fed1607
meatified1607
chuff1609
plumpya1616
bloat1638
blowze-like1647
obese1651
jollya1661
bloated1664
chubbed1674
pluffya1689
puffya1689
pussy1688
sappy1694
crummy1718
chubby1722
fodgel1724
well-padded1737
beefy1743
plumpish1753
pudsy1754
rotund1762
portable1770
lusty1777
roundabout1787
well-cushioned1802
plenitudinous1803
stout1804
embonpointc1806
roly-poly1808
adipose1810
roll-about1815
foggy1817
poddy1823
porky1828
hide-blown1834
tubby1835
stoutish1836
tubbish1836
superfatted1841
pottle-bodied1842
pincushiony1851
opulent1882
well-covered1884
well-upholstered1886
butterball1888
endomorphic1888
tisty-tosty1888
pachyntic1890
barrel-bodied1894
overweight1899
pussy-gutted1906
upholstered1924
1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura i. 5 Plump, and (as the French has it) en bon point.]
c1806 Sir R. Wilson in Life (1862) I. App. 372 Before marriage they are generally light in figure; after they are mothers they become more embonpoint.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 306 Her form, though rather en-bon-point, was nevertheless graceful.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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