Obese
[oh-bees] /oʊˈbis/
adjective
1.
very fat or overweight; corpulent.
/əʊˈbiːs/
adjective
1.
excessively fat or fleshy; corpulent
adj.
1650s, back-formation from obesity and in part from Latin obesus “fat, stout, plump,” past participle of obedere “that has eaten itself fat” (see obesity). According to OED, “Rare before 19th c.” Related: Obeseness. Latin obesus was translated in Old English as oferfæt “overfat.”
obese o·bese (ō-bēs’)
adj.
Extremely fat; very overweight.
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[oh-bees] /oʊˈbis/ adjective 1. very fat or overweight; corpulent. /əʊˈbiːs/ adjective 1. excessively fat or fleshy; corpulent adj. 1650s, back-formation from obesity and in part from Latin obesus “fat, stout, plump,” past participle of obedere “that has eaten itself fat” (see obesity). According to OED, “Rare before 19th c.” Related: Obeseness. Latin obesus was translated […]
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