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  • 51fat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. plump, stout, corpulent, obese, portly, chubby; fertile, profitable, fruitful, rich; greasy, unctuous. See size, rotundity, smoothness, production.Ant., thin, emaciated. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… …

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  • 52obese — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fat, overweight, stout, plump, fleshy, bulky; corpulent, ponderous; adipose. See expansion, rotundity. Ant., thin, lanky, underweight. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. corpulent, overweight, stout; see fat …

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  • 53portly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dignified, imposing, stately; fat, fleshy, stout, corpulent; bulky. See size. Ant., skinny, gaunt. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Fat] Syn. corpulent, heavy, stout; see fat 1 . 2. [Dignified] Syn.… …

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  • 54Botero, Fernando — born April 19, 1932, Medellín, Colom. Colombian painter and sculptor. He began painting as a teenager. By the time he moved to New York City in 1960, he had developed his trademark style: the depiction of round, corpulent humans and animals. In… …

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  • 55National Museum of Archaeology, Malta — National Museum of Archaeology Location Auberge de Provence, Republic Street, Valletta VLT 1112, Malta Type Archaeology Museum …

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  • 56corporence — ⇒CORPORENCE, subst. fém. Vieilli ou région. Corpulence, taille d une personne; allure d une personne. Belle, vilaine corporence. Corporence de taureau (cf. BALZAC, Œuvres div., t. 3, 1850, p. 118). Joseph était un enfant triste, d une chétive… …

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  • 57corporé — ⇒CORPORÉ, ÉE, adj. Région. [En parlant d une pers.] Bâti. Des beaux hommes, pour sûr, bien membrés, bien corporés, des gaillards aussi solides que Pierre (MOSELLY, Terres lorr., 1907, p. 101) : • Elle n était pas femme à reculer devant le diable …

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  • 58fleshy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. plump, fat (see rotundity). II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. plump, corpulent, chubby, beefy; see fat 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. fat, plump, beefy, obese, blubbery, corpulent, chubby, chunky,… …

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  • 59gross — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. bulky, large, fat, obese; coarse, crass; brutish, callous, unrefined, insensitive; vulgar, crude, obscene; total, whole; flagrant. See vulgarity, size, impurity, inelegance. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1 …

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  • 60stout — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. stalwart, robust, brawny, firm; doughty, bold, dauntless, resolute, stouthearted; determined, stubborn; stocky, thickset, portly. See courage, size, rotundity, strength. Ant., slim, timid, weak. II… …

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