adjective

corpulent

corpulent, fat, stout

He was a rather corpulent man.

He was a rather corpulent man.

((to be)) corpulent to be fat or overweight He was a rather corpulent man.

Synonyms: fat, obese, stout, portly; Antonyms: thin, slim

From Latin 'corpulentus', from 'corpus' (body) + '-ulentus' (full of). Literally 'full of body'.

Focus on the root 'corpus' (body). This is a formal word for having a large body, i.e., being fat.

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