obese

obese
obesely, adv.obesity, obeseness, n.
/oh bees"/, adj.
very fat or overweight; corpulent.
[1645-55; < L obesus (ptp. of obedere to eat away), equiv. to ob- OB- + ed(ere) to EAT + -tus ptp. suffix, with dt > s]

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  • obese — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ very fat. DERIVATIVES obesity noun. ORIGIN Latin obesus …   English terms dictionary

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  • obese — 01. There are more and more people who are [obese] in our society due to poor eating habits, and lack of exercise. 02. Everyone thought Livia was pregnant, but actually she is just [obese]. 03. The rise in the number of people who are [obese] in… …   Grammatical examples in English

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