obese
pronunciation
How to pronounce obese in British English:
UK [əʊˈbiːs]
How to pronounce obese in American English:
US [oʊˈbiːs]
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- Adjective:
- excessively fat
Word Origin
- obese
- obese: see eat
- obese (adj.)
- 1650s, back-formation from obesity and in part from Latin obesus "fat, stout, plump," past participle of obedere "that has eaten itself fat" (see obesity). According to OED, "Rare before 19th c." Related: Obeseness. Latin obesus was translated in Old English as oferfæt "overfat."
Example
- 1. These costs are not all borne by the obese .
- 2. Mississippi is also home to the country 's fattest people-more than 25 percent of adult mississippians are obese .
- 3. So why are island countries so obese ?
- 4. About a third of barely crawling infants are overweight or at risk for being obese , according to the study .
- 5. Obese male mice tend to sire unhealthy offspring .