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em⋅bon⋅point

  [Fr. ahn-bawn-pwan]
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–noun
excessive plumpness; stoutness.
Origin:
1655–65; < F, lit., in good condition
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em·bon·point   (äɴ'bôɴ-pwāɴ')   
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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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