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adjective
large or bulky of body; portly; stout; fat.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin corpulentus, equivalent to corp(us) body + -ulentus -ulent
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin corpulentus, equivalent to corp(us) body + -ulentus -ulent
Related forms
cor·pu·lent·ly, adverb
un·cor·pu·lent, adjective
un·cor·pu·lent·ly, adverb
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corpulent
late 14c., from O.Fr. corpulent "stout, fat," from L. corpulentus "fleshy, fat," from corpus "body" (see corporeal) + -ulentus "full of." Leigh Hunt was sent to prison for two years for calling the Prince Regent corpulent in print in 1812.
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corpulent cor·pu·lent (kôr'pyə-lənt)
adj.
Excessively fat.
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