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em·bon·point

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–noun

excessive plumpness; stoutness.

[Origin: 1655–65; < F, lit., in good condition

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em·bon·point Audio Help (äɴ'bôɴ-pwāɴ') Pronunciation Key
n. The condition of being plump; stoutness.

[French, from en bon point, in good condition : en, in (from Latin in; see in-²) + bon, good (from Old French; see boon²) + point, situation, condition; see point.]

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embonpoint

"plumpness," from Fr., from O.Fr. en bon point, lit. "in good condition."

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embonpoint
adjective
1.	sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure; "a chubby child"; "pleasingly plump"; [syn: chubby]
noun
1.	the bodily property of being well rounded [syn: plumpness]

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Embonpoint

Em`bon`point"\, n. [F., fr. en bon point in good condition. See Bon, and Point.] Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat corpulent.

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