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adjectivevery fat or overweight; corpulent. Origin of obese1645–55; <Latin obēsus (past participle of obedere to eat away), equivalent to ob-ob- + ed(ere) to eat + -tus past participle suffix, with dt>s OTHER WORDS FROM obeseo·bese·ly, adverbo·be·si·ty, o·bese·ness, nouno·ver·o·bese, adjectiveo·ver·o·bese·ly, adverb o·ver·o·bese·ness, nounsu·per·o·bese, adjectiveun·o·bese, adjectiveun·o·bese·ly, adverbun·o·bese·ness, noun Words nearby obeseOberland, Oberlin, Oberon, Oberösterreich, Oberth, obese, obesity, obesogen, obesogenic, obex, obey Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for obeseI controlled for factors such as percentage of the population who were obese, diabetic or elderly. Until A Coronavirus Vaccine Is Ready, Pneumonia Vaccines May Reduce Deaths From COVID-19|LGBTQ-Editor|October 15, 2020|No Straight News Around 40 percent of American adults are obese, including the president, based on the height and weight recorded in his April physical. All the conditions we know increase your risk of dying from COVID-19|Sara Kiley Watson|October 2, 2020|Popular Science While most prescription medicines are intended for people who are obese, the Gelesis product is made for people who are overweight, too. Ro makes the weight loss product Plenity commercially available to everyone in the U.S.|Jonathan Shieber|October 1, 2020|TechCrunch Especially in the U.S., where fast food restaurants are abundant and two-thirds of people are overweight or obese. Orthorexia: When Healthy Eating Becomes an Obsession|DailyBurn|October 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In addition, the obese people…were all under a BMI of 35, which may have played a role. ‘Good Poop’ Diet Is the Next Big Thing|Daniela Drake|October 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST “In the Human Microbiome Project, there were only 24 obese individuals out of 200,” Watson told The Daily Beast. ‘Good Poop’ Diet Is the Next Big Thing|Daniela Drake|October 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST Indeed, at least one study showed that people who watch the program develop more bias against the obese. ‘The Biggest Loser’ Could Be TV’s Most Important Show Ever|Daniela Drake|September 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST We might learn enough that we start treating the obese with the compassion they deserve—which may just be the medicine we need. ‘The Biggest Loser’ Could Be TV’s Most Important Show Ever|Daniela Drake|September 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST For my own part I put it down to pure laziness upon his part, for he was of an obese, heavy temperament. The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Nothing could then make the obese form of the Emperor graceful, or his thin legs agile. Darkness and Dawn|Frederic W. Farrar Mr. Greig, the obese chieftain of Cretonnes in the days of old Thompson's, is threatened with no real peril. Mrs. Thompson|William Babington Maxwell The silent Galician stroked his clipped beard; the obese woman kept on crossing herself with loud, resigned sighs. Romance|Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer An omnibus journey is, by the obese, regarded as so much exercise. Highways and Byways in London|Mrs. E. T. Cook.
British Dictionary definitions for obese
adjectiveexcessively fat or fleshy; corpulent Derived forms of obeseobesity or obeseness, nounWord Origin for obeseC17: from Latin obēsus, from ob- (intensive) + edere to eat Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to obesecorpulent, fat, fleshy, gross, heavy, plump, porcine, portly, pudgy, rotund, stout, adipose, avoirdupois, outsize, paunchy Medical definitions for obese
adj.Extremely fat; very overweight. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |