corpulence en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Old French corpulence, from Latin corpulentia.
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| corpulency | alternative | lexicographic | |
| corpulences | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
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)