obesity
pronunciation
How to pronounce obesity in British English:
UK [əʊˈbiːsɪti]
How to pronounce obesity in American English:
US [oʊˈbisəti]
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- Noun:
- more than average fatness
Word Origin
- obesity (n.)
- 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
- 1. The question is whether obesity might change that .
- 2. Americans are experiencing an epidemic of overweight and obesity .
- 3. This was itself a sign of a different trend : the obesity epidemic now affecting china .
- 4. Obesity is a simple example of this .
- 5. So are the disastrous effects of obesity .