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corpulence

N ความอ้วน  obesity overweight stoutness kwam-uan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CORPULENCE, CORPULENCY

n.[L., body. ] 1. Fleshiness; excessive fatness; a state of being loaded with flesh; as the body of a human being.
2. Spissitude; grossness of matter; as corpulence of water. [Little used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CORPULENCE; CORPULENCY

Cor "pu *lence (kr "p-lens ), Cor "pu *len *cy (kr "p-len-s ), n. Etym: [L.corpulentia: cf. F. corpulence. ]

 

1. Excessive fatness; fleshiness; obesity.

 

2. Thickness; density; compactness. [Obs. ] The heaviness and corpulency of water requiring a great force to divide it. Ray.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

corpulence

cor pu lence |ˈkôrpyələns | noun the state of being fat; obesity: her corpulence is the butt of every joke. DERIVATIVES cor pu len cy noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

corpulence

corpulence |ˈkɔːpjʊləns | noun [ mass noun ] the state of being fat; obesity: her corpulence is the butt of every joke. DERIVATIVES corpulency noun

 

Oxford Thesaurus

corpulence

corpulence noun he had been called ‘Bubbles ’ because of his corpulence: obesity, fatness, plumpness, stoutness, chubbiness, chunkiness, paunchiness, portliness, roundness, rotundity, burliness, heaviness, fleshiness, meatiness; ample proportions, fat, weight, beer belly, paunch; informal tubbiness, pudginess, porkiness, beefiness, blubber; Brit. informal podginess, fubsiness; archaic embonpoint.

 

French Dictionary

corpulence

corpulence n. f. nom féminin Ampleur, volume du corps. SYNONYME embonpoint ; obésité . Note Orthographique corpul en ce.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

corpulence

cor pu lence -len cy /kɔ́ː r pjələns //-lənsi /名詞 U かたく 肥満, 肥大 .