obese

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. excessively fat“a weighty man”Synonyms: corpulentweightyrotund
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Obese \O*bese"\ a. [L. obesus eaten away, lean; also, that has eaten itself fat, fat, stout, p. p. of obedere to devour; ob (see Ob-) + edere to eat. See Eat.] Excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy. [1913 Webster]
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