obese

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o·bese

[oh-bees]
adjective
very fat or overweight; corpulent.

Origin:
1645–55; < Latin obēsus (past participle of obedere to eat away), equivalent to ob- ob- + ed(ere) to eat + -tus past participle suffix, with dt > s

o·bese·ly, adverb
o·be·si·ty, o·bese·ness, noun
o·ver·o·bese, adjective
o·ver·o·bese·ly, adverb
o·ver·o·bese·ness, noun
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su·per·o·bese, adjective
un·o·bese, adjective
un·o·bese·ly, adverb
un·o·bese·ness, noun
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Example Sentences
  • We have the highest percentage of overweight and obese patients in the industrialised world.
  • The only cure to being obese or overweight is will power.
  • People no longer need to be quite as obese as before to qualify for weight loss surgery.
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World English Dictionary
obese (əʊˈbiːs)
 
adj
excessively fat or fleshy; corpulent
 
[C17: from Latin obēsus, from ob- (intensive) + edere to eat]
 
o'besity
 
n
 
o'beseness
 
n

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Word Origin & History

obese
1650s, from L. obesus, pp. of obedere (see obesity).
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Medical Dictionary

obese o·bese (ō-bēs')
adj.
Extremely fat; very overweight.

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