obese

The definition of obese is an extremely overweight person.

(adjective)

An example of obese is a five hundred pound man.

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See obese in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

very fat; stout; corpulent

Origin: L obesus, pp. of obedere, to devour < ob- (see ob-) + edere, eat

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See obese in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
Extremely fat; grossly overweight. See Synonyms at fat.

Origin:

Origin: Latin obēsus

Origin: , from past participle of *obedere, to eat away

Origin: : ob-, away; see ob-

Origin: + edere, to eat; see ed- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

  • o·beseˈly adverb
  • o·beseˈness noun

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