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Definition of corpulent adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

corpulent

 adjective
adjective
NAmE//ˈkɔrpyələnt//
 
(formal)
 
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(of a person) fat. People say‘corpulent’to avoid saying‘fat.’ He is a short, somewhat corpulent, man.
corpulence
 
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NAmE//ˈkɔrpyələns//
 
noun [uncountable]See corpulent in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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