Corpulence meaning

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The definition of corpulence is the state of being extremely overweight.

An example of corpulence is an obese person.

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The condition of being excessively fat; obesity.
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Fatness or stoutness of body; obesity.
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The condition of being excessively fat; obesity.
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The state or characteristic of being corpulent.
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Origin of corpulence

  • Middle English corporality from Latin corpulentia corpulence from corpulentus corpulent from corpus body kwrep- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French corpulence, from Latin corpulentia.

    From Wiktionary

Corpulence 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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