corpulent
pronunciation
How to pronounce corpulent in British English:
UK [ˈkɔːpjələnt]
How to pronounce corpulent in American English:
US [ˈkɔːrpjələnt]
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- Adjective:
- excessively fat
Word Origin
- corpulent (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French corpulent "stout, fat," from Latin corpulentus "fleshy, fat," from corpus "body" (see corporeal) + -ulentus "full of." Leigh Hunt was sent to prison for two years for calling the Prince Regent corpulent in print in 1812.
Example
- 1. He was fifty or there abouts and was corpulent and tall in person .
- 2. It 's not surprising that the sight of a corpulent or pregnant woman would have caused their brains to light up with pleasure and attention .
- 3. He was a large and corpulent individual , surfeited with good clothes and good eating , who judged women as another would horseflesh .
- 4. The corpulent primates serve as useful models , experts say , because they resemble humans much more than laboratory rats do , not only physiologically but in some of their feeding habits .
- 5. Her father is too corpulent to play handball .