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adjective
- 1. (of a person) fat: "a short, somewhat corpulent man"
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: having a large bulky body : obese. … were a bit corpulent from too many years of privileged living … Thomas Cutler. corpulently adverb. Did you know? The Duchess of Windsor may have said that you can never be too rich or too thin, but that's a rather modern point of view.
adjective. fml us / ˈkɔr·pjə·lənt / Add to word list. fat: a corpulent man. (Definition of corpulent from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of corpulent. corpulent.
Corpulent is a formal word that describes someone who is very overweight. You might describe Santa Claus as a corpulent man with a ruddy complexion and a jolly grin. There are certainly many other ways to describe an overweight person: obese, portly, and stout are only a few.
Corpulent definition: large or bulky of body; portly; stout; fat.. See examples of CORPULENT used in a sentence.
adjective. formal us / ˈkɔːr.pjə.lənt / uk / ˈkɔː.pjə.lənt / Add to word list. fat: a corpulent gentleman. Synonym. rotund. Compare. obese. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. having more flesh on the body than average. fat He's gotten fatter as he's gotten older. overweight She used to be overweight.
Define corpulent. corpulent synonyms, corpulent pronunciation, corpulent translation, English dictionary definition of corpulent. adj. Having an abundance or excess of flesh or fat. See Synonyms at fat.
adjective. If you describe someone as corpulent, you mean they are fat. [literary] ...a rather corpulent farmer. Synonyms: fat, large, overweight, plump More Synonyms of corpulent. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency. corpulent in British English. (ˈkɔːpjʊlənt ) adjective.
Definition of corpulent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Corpulent definition: Having an abundance or excess of flesh or fat.
Origin corpulent (1400-1500) Latin corpulentus “large-bodied”, from corpus; → CORPUS. corpulent meaning, definition, what is corpulent: fat: Learn more.
