fatness or stoutness of body; obesity
also cor′pu·lency
Origin of corpulence
from Classical Latin corpulentia: see corpulent
noun
The definition of corpulence is the state of being extremely overweight.
An example of corpulence is an obese person.
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corpulence
noun
The condition of being excessively fat; obesity.
Origin of corpulence
Middle English corporality from Latin corpulentia corpulence from corpulentus corpulent from corpus body ; see kwrep- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Origin
From Old French corpulence, from Latin corpulentia.
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corpulence - Medical Definition
n.
The condition of being excessively fat; obesity.
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Sentence Examples
- Though the doctors warned him that with his corpulence wine was dangerous for him, he drank a great deal.
- He has left an odious picture of himself in the historians - a man untouched by benefits or natural affection, delighting in deeds of blood, his body as loathsome in its blown corpulence as his soul.
- This corpulence was due not alone to over-feeding but to an almost purely vegetable diet; stoutness was a part of the ideal of feminine beauty.
- For the physiology of fasting, see Dietetics; Nutrition; also Corpulence.
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Words near corpulence in the dictionary
- corpulence
- corpulences
- corpulencies
- corpulency