obesity

nouncorpulence

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noun corpulence

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Word Origin & History

1610s, from French obésité and directly from Latin obesitas "fatness, corpulence," from obesus "that has eaten itself fat," past participle of obdere "to eat all over, devour," from ob "over" (see ob-) + edere "eat" (see edible).

Example Sentences for obesity

The victim of obesity has no sympathies with the martyr to atrophy; he may envy, he cannot pity him.

A tendency to obesity often appears in generation after generation of a family.

But bear in mind that obesity and stoutness are not synonymous terms.

The Polynesian is more subject to obesity than the Melanesian.

At the age of sixteen, suffered from all the discomforts of obesity.

Those inclined to obesity may skip the greater part of this chapter.

We all know to what obesity he attained when a prisoner at Saint Helena.

Hippocrates has maintained that obesity was an obstacle to conception.

The Potawatomi women were inclined to greasiness and obesity.

Secondly,—some of the ugliest of these deities are distinguished for their obesity.

obesity

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fatness

fats

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fat