| 单词 | corpulent |
| 释义 | corpulent (once / 3951 pages) adj Corpulent is a formal word that describes a fat person. If you are trying to be respectful when describing a fat man, you might refer to him as a "corpulent gentleman." There are certainly many other ways to describe a fat person: obese, overweight, and stout are only a few. Corpulent is from Latin corpulentus, from corpus "body." The Latin suffix -ulentus, corresponding to English -ulent, has the meaning "full of, having in quantity." WORD FAMILYcorpulent: corpulence, corpulency, corpulently+/corpulency: corpulencies USAGE EXAMPLESAndrew "Beef" Johnston, the corpulent young English bloke with the iconic beard and easy-going manner, has never attended a college football game in the U.S. Golf Digest(Sep 21, 2016) A robust Rodin sculpture of a woman stands beside equally corpulent and muscular Bacon male nudes. New York Times(Aug 17, 2016) His corpulent frame, after days of decomposing, had turned the mottled green of a ripe watermelon. New York Times(Jun 10, 2016) adj excessively fat Syn obese, rotund, weighty fat having an (over)abundance of flesh |
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