corpulent
adjective/ˈkɔːpjələnt/
/ˈkɔːrpjələnt/
(formal)- (of a person) fat. People say ‘corpulent’ to avoid saying ‘fat’.
- He is a short, somewhat corpulent, man.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin corpulentus, from corpus ‘body’.Want to learn more?
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