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单词 corpulence
释义

corpulence

noun

cor·​pu·​lence ˈkȯr-pyə-lən(t)s How to pronounce corpulence (audio)
: the state of being corpulent

Synonyms

  • adiposity
  • chubbiness
  • corpulency
  • embonpoint
  • fat
  • fatness
  • fattiness
  • fleshiness
  • grossness
  • obesity
  • plumpness
  • portliness
  • pudginess
  • pursiness
  • rotundity
  • weight
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Example Sentences

the doctor warned that the patient's corpulence was unhealthy and not merely unattractive
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English corpolence "corporeity," borrowed from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French corpulence "body size," borrowed from Medieval Latin corpulentia "stoutness, corporeity, density," going back to Latin, "stoutness," from corpulentus "of heavy build, corpulent" + -ia -ia entry 1

First Known Use

1547, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

corpulence

noun

cor·​pu·​lence ˈkȯr-pyə-lən(t)s How to pronounce corpulence (audio)
: the state of being excessively fat

corpulence

noun

as in obesity
the condition of having an excess of body fat the doctor warned that the patient's corpulence was unhealthy and not merely unattractive

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • obesity
  • corpulency
  • weight
  • fatness
  • fat
  • rotundity
  • embonpoint
  • chubbiness
  • fleshiness
  • plumpness
  • pudginess
  • adiposity
  • fattiness
  • grossness
  • stoutness
  • portliness
  • bulkiness
  • heaviness
  • huskiness
  • pursiness
  • burliness
  • brawniness
  • endomorphy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • slenderness
  • leanness
  • slimness
  • thinness
  • trimness
  • fitness
  • svelteness
  • gauntness
  • skinniness
  • reediness
  • weediness
  • scrawniness
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