obese

  • 21OBÈSE — adj. des deux genres Qui est d’un embonpoint excessif …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 22obese — adj. [L. obesus, fat] Distended; enlarged; corpulent …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 23obese — obesely, adv. obesity, obeseness, n. /oh bees /, adj. very fat or overweight; corpulent. [1645 55; < L obesus (ptp. of obedere to eat away), equiv. to ob OB + ed(ere) to EAT + tus ptp. suffix, with dt > s] * * * …

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  • 24obese — adjective /oʊˈbis,oːˈbis,əʊˈbis,əˈbis/ Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over …

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  • 25obese — Synonyms and related words: adipose, beefy, big bellied, bloated, blowzy, bosomy, brawny, burly, buxom, chubby, chunky, corpulent, distended, dumpy, fat, fattish, fleshy, full, gross, heavy, heavyset, hefty, hippy, imposing, lusty, meaty,&#8230; …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 26obese — 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 …

    English dictionary for students

  • 27obese — o|bese [əuˈbi:s US ou ] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: obesus, past participle of obedere to eat up ] very fat in a way that is unhealthy see usage note ↑fat1 …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 28obese — o|bese [ ou bis ] adjective too fat, in a way that is dangerous for your health …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 29obese — see EAT …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 30obese — o·bese || əʊ bɪːs adj. excessively overweight …

    English contemporary dictionary