Embonpoint
[French ahn-bawn-pwan] /French ɑ̃ bɔ̃ˈpwɛ̃/
noun
1.
excessive plumpness; stoutness.
/ɑ̃bɔ̃pwɛ̃/
noun
1.
plumpness or stoutness
adjective
2.
plump; stout
n.
“plumpness,” 1751, from French embonpoint (16c.), from Old French en bon point, literally “in good condition.”
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