corpulent
English
Etymology
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Borrowed from Old French corpulent, from Latin corpulentus.
Adjective
corpulent (comparative more corpulent, superlative most corpulent)
Usage notes
- In contemporary usage, "corpulent" can designate a range of bodily states, from modest plumpness to significant fatness to extreme obesity.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:obese
Derived terms
Related terms
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Translations
large in body; fat
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References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French corpulent, from Old French corpulent, from Latin corpulentus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
corpulent (comparative corpulenter, superlative corpulentst)
Inflection
Declension of corpulent | ||||
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uninflected | corpulent | |||
inflected | corpulente | |||
comparative | corpulenter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | corpulent | corpulenter | het corpulentst het corpulentste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | corpulente | corpulentere | corpulentste |
n. sing. | corpulent | corpulenter | corpulentste | |
plural | corpulente | corpulentere | corpulentste | |
definite | corpulente | corpulentere | corpulentste | |
partitive | corpulents | corpulenters | — |
Derived terms
French
Etymology
From Middle French corpulent, from Old French corpulent, a borrowing from Latin corpulentus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
corpulent (feminine corpulente, masculine plural corpulents, feminine plural corpulentes)
Related terms
Further reading
- “corpulent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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