obese

adjective

ō-ˈbēs

: having excessive body fat

Example Sentences

providing medical treatment for obese patients the basset hound was so obese that its stomach touched the floor

Recent Examples on the Web In both the Pfizer and Moderna clinical trials, there was very good protection in overweight/obese persons.

Julie Washington, cleveland, 4 May 2021 While in generally robust health, Trump was obese, a powerful risk factor for developing a severe case of COVID-19.

Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022 However, Brawley noted, the data are weaker for people who are obese but have lower BMIs.

Matthew Herper, STAT, 8 June 2022 The film centers on a severely obese and reclusive teacher who attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter.

Lisa Respers France, CNN, 12 Aug. 2021 Greene once tweeted that the coronavirus was not dangerous for people younger than 65 who were not obese and that vaccines should not be required.

Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2022 Bariatric surgery may help the growing share of the global population that is obese to avoid dangerous complications of a condition known as fatty-liver disease, according to a new study.

Betsy Mckay, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2021 Among people who died from COVID-19, 46% were obese and 27% were overweight.

Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 5 Nov. 2021 In late July, Greene was hit with a 12-hour ban after erroneously tweeting the coronavirus was not dangerous for young people who were not obese.

Tommy Beer, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Latin obēsus "fat, stout," past participle of *obedere, perhaps meaning originally "to gnaw," from ob- "against" + edere "to eat" — more at ob-, eat entry 1

Note: Etymologically obēsus should mean "thin, emaciated," if the sense of the unattested verb *obedere was "to eat away, gnaw," as implied by its components. The Roman writer Aulus Gellius (Noctes Atticae 19.7.3) pointed this out and adduced a passage from the poet Laevius (who is known only from a handful of quotations from his works made by other authors), where the word apparently has the meaning "wasted." Presumably the word went reanalysis after the extinction of the verb. The grammarian Pompeius Festus construed the derivation phrasally as "made fat as if as a result of eating" ("pinguis quasi ob edendum factus").

First Known Use

1651, in the meaning defined above

单词	obese
释义	obese adjective ō-ˈbēs : having excessive body fat Synonyms blubbery chubby corpulent fat fleshy full gross lardy overweight plump podgy [chiefly British] portly pudgy replete roly-poly rotund round tubby See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences providing medical treatment for obese patients the basset hound was so obese that its stomach touched the floor Recent Examples on the Web In both the Pfizer and Moderna clinical trials, there was very good protection in overweight/obese persons. Julie Washington, cleveland, 4 May 2021 While in generally robust health, Trump was obese, a powerful risk factor for developing a severe case of COVID-19. Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022 However, Brawley noted, the data are weaker for people who are obese but have lower BMIs. Matthew Herper, STAT, 8 June 2022 The film centers on a severely obese and reclusive teacher who attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter. Lisa Respers France, CNN, 12 Aug. 2021 Greene once tweeted that the coronavirus was not dangerous for people younger than 65 who were not obese and that vaccines should not be required. Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2022 Bariatric surgery may help the growing share of the global population that is obese to avoid dangerous complications of a condition known as fatty-liver disease, according to a new study. Betsy Mckay, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2021 Among people who died from COVID-19, 46% were obese and 27% were overweight. Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 5 Nov. 2021 In late July, Greene was hit with a 12-hour ban after erroneously tweeting the coronavirus was not dangerous for young people who were not obese. Tommy Beer, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021 See More Word History Etymology borrowed from Latin obēsus "fat, stout," past participle of *obedere, perhaps meaning originally "to gnaw," from ob- "against" + edere "to eat" — more at ob-, eat entry 1 Note: Etymologically obēsus should mean "thin, emaciated," if the sense of the unattested verb obedere was "to eat away, gnaw," as implied by its components. The Roman writer Aulus Gellius (Noctes Atticae* 19.7.3) pointed this out and adduced a passage from the poet Laevius (who is known only from a handful of quotations from his works made by other authors), where the word apparently has the meaning "wasted." Presumably the word went reanalysis after the extinction of the verb. The grammarian Pompeius Festus construed the derivation phrasally as "made fat as if as a result of eating" ("pinguis quasi ob edendum factus"). First Known Use 1651, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition obese adjective ō-ˈbēs : very fat Medical Definition obese adjective ō-ˈbēs : having excessive body fat : affected by obesity obese adjective as in plump having an excess of body fat the basset hound was so obese that its stomach touched the floor Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance plump fat overweight round chubby corpulent pudgy full rotund tubby lardy husky stout gross portly thick blubbery podgy fleshy heavy ripe roly-poly replete heavyset stocky bulky squat thickset beefy burly potbellied plumpish paunchy soft dumpy flabby chunky brawny stubby endomorphic weighty buxom hippy zaftig hefty ample corn-fed zoftig Antonyms & Near Antonyms skinny lean thin slender slim bony lanky gaunt skeletal emaciated angular spare haggard sinewy scrawny rawboned lank cadaverous wasted pinched puny weedy scraggy svelte anorexic slight willowy boney spindly stringy waspish rangy reedy twiggy sylphlike ectomorphic spindling See More
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