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The definition of obese is an extremely overweight person.

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An example of obese is a five hundred pound man.

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

Related Forms:

obesity noun

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

Related Forms:

o·beseˈly adverb

o·beseˈness noun

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