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[ French ahn-bawn-pwan ] / French ɑ̃ bɔ̃ˈpwɛ̃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR embonpoint ON THESAURUS.COM
nounexcessive plumpness; stoutness. Origin of embonpointFrom French, dating back to 1655–65, literally, in good condition Words nearby embonpointembolization, embolize, embololalia, embolus, emboly, embonpoint, embosk, embosom, emboss, embossed, embothrium Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for embonpointLong taunted for his embonpoint, polite French for tubbiness, the affable pol used to garner dessert-inspired nicknames. French President Francois Hollande’s Inability to Tie a Necktie Earns France’s Scorn|Tracy McNicoll|November 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST Nevertheless, it cannot be denied, that upon the whole they are hereditarily entitled to embonpoint. Moby Dick; or The Whale|Herman Melville "It's all we do do," said the lady of the embonpoint, whose first name by now he had gleaned as Winifred. What Will People Say?|Rupert Hughes Mrs. Hastings has been a remarkably fine woman; she is now five-and-thirty, and still good looking, though disposed to embonpoint. Wanderings in India|John Lang
The Phelan shoulders and embonpoint, still in negligee, followed. Officer 666|Barton W. Currie He was six feet and two inches in height, and weighed 250 pounds; he had no inclination to embonpoint but was muscular and robust. The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852|Ben Casseday
British Dictionary definitions for embonpointWord Origin for embonpointC18: from phrase en bon point in good condition 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 embonpointobese, portly, burly, fleshy, beefy, blimp, bulky, fat, gross, heavy, hefty, husky, large, lusty, overblown, overweight, plump, roly-poly, rotund, stout |