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corpulence Definition

cor·pu·lence (kôr′pyo̵̅o̅ ləns, -pyə-)

noun

fatness or stoutness of body; obesity

Etymology: < L corpulentia: see corpulent

corpulence Synonyms

corpulence

n.

obesity, stoutness, plumpness; see fatness.

corpulence Quotes

To what a cumbersome unwieldiness And burdenous corpulence my love had grown, But that I did, to make it less, And keep it in proportion, Give it a diet, made it feed upon That which love worst endures, discretion.

—Donne,John