corpulent

adj.
Excessively fat. See synonyms at fat.

corpulently cor'pu·lent·ly adv.

(KOR-pyuh-luhnt)

adjective
Large, bulky, fat.

Etymology
From Latin corpus (body). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kwrep- (body, form) that is also the source of corps, corpse, corporation, corset, corsage, and leprechaun

Usage
"Mr. Barbecue-Smith was a short and corpulent man, with a very large head and no neck." — Aldous Huxley; Crome Yellow; 1921.

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adjective

Having too much flesh: fat, fatty, fleshy, gross, obese, overblown, overweight, porcine, portly, stout, weighty. See fat/thin.

adj

Definition: fat, chubby
Antonyms: skinny, slender, slight, thin

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - korpulent, svær

Nederlands (Dutch)
corpulent, dik

Français (French)
adj. - corpulent, obèse

Deutsch (German)
adj. - korpulent

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ευτραφής, σωματώδης

Italiano (Italian)
corpulento

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - corpulento, obeso

Русский (Russian)
толстый, дородный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - corpulento, gordo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - korpulent, fet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
肥大的, 肥胖的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 肥大的, 肥胖的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 비만한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 肥満した

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) بدين, مكتنز, سمين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בעל גוף, שמן‬

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