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embonpoint

 
(äN'bôN-pwăN') pronunciation
n.
The condition of being plump; stoutness.

[French, from en bon point, in good condition : en, in (from Latin in; see in-2) + bon, good (from Old French; see boon2) + point, situation, condition; see point.]


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plumpness of person; stout
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