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corpulence en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɔr pjə ləns/ (US)
  • kôr′pyə-ləns
  • (US) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈkɔː(ɹ)pjʊləns/ (UK)

Etymology

From Old French corpulence, from Latin corpulentia.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The characteristic or state of being corpulent.
    • Corpulence is a beauty: girls are fattened to a vast bulk by drenches of curds and cream thickened with flour, and are duly disciplined when they refuse. 1860, Richard F[rancis] Burton, “We Return to Unyanyembe”, in The Lake Regions of Central Africa: A Picture of Exploration […], volume II, London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, →OCLC, page 182:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
corpulency alternative lexicographic
corpulences Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

slimness · thinness

Deriveds

corpulence index

Synonyms

pudginess · fatness · corpulentness · obesity

Translations (21)

fr corpulence (characteristic or state of being corpulent) · hu korpulencia (characteristic or state of being corpulent) · hi मोटापन (characteristic or state of being corpulent) · cmn 肥胖 (characteristic or state of being corpulent) · ota سمیزلك (characteristic or state of being corpulent) · ota شیشمانلق (characteristic or state of being corpulent) · ru ту́чность (characteristic or state of being corpulent) · ko 비만 (characteristic or state of being corpulent) · hi मोटापा (characteristic or state of being corpulent) · hu kövérség (characteristic or state of being corpulent) · la corpulentia (characteristic or state of being corpulent) · de Korpulenz (characteristic or state of being corpulent) · cmn 肥滿 /肥满 (characteristic or state of being corpulent) · ru корпуле́нция (characteristic or state of being corpulent) · it corpulenza (characteristic or state of being corpulent) · la adeps (characteristic or state of being corpulent) · hu testesség (characteristic or state of being corpulent) · ru доро́дность (characteristic or state of being corpulent) · bg дебелина (characteristic or state of being corpulent) · ja 肥満 (characteristic or state of being corpulent) · es obesidad (characteristic or state of being corpulent)