[responsivevoice] corpulence [/responsivevoice] [ kawr-pyuh-luh ns ]
The word of the day is ‘corpulence.’
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Obesity
2. State of being fat
3. Property of excessive fatness
4. Overweight
1. Hindi – Sthoolata
2. Spanish – Corpulencia
3. French – Corpulence
4. Mandarin – Féipàng
1. He was a short, thick-set, bow-legged man, inclining to corpulence.
2. He was a man of about sixty, short and thick-set in appearance with a tendency to corpulence
3. Foker gave these details to the doctor, who did not curse his corpulence the less for that.
4. His corpulence had been the theme of many an article in the journals of the Union.
5. He was celebrated for his wit, his epigrams and his corpulence.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
fatness, overweight, plumpness, stoutness, portliness, obesity, chubbiness, chunkiness, paunchiness, roundness, rotundity, burliness, heaviness, fleshiness, meatiness, fat, weight, beer belly, paunch, tubbiness, pudginess, porkiness, beefiness, blubber, podginess, fubsiness, embonpoint etc.
Some antonyms of the word are:
boniness, slenderness, subtlety, fineness, acuteness, tonicity, refinement, timbre, thinness, smallness, skinniness, etc.
Quotation:
Experience has taught me to believe that, these human beans are the most insidious enemies man, with a tendency to corpulence in advanced life, can possess, though eminently friendly to youth.
William Banting
Social Example:
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