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o⋅bese

  [oh-bees]
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–adjective
very fat or overweight; corpulent.
Origin:
1645–55; < L obēsus (ptp. of obedere to eat away), equiv. to ob- ob- + ed(ere) to eat + -tus ptp. suffix, with dt > s

Related forms:
o⋅bese⋅ly, adverb
o⋅be⋅si⋅ty, o⋅bese⋅ness, noun
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o·bese   (ō-bēs')   
adj.  Extremely fat; grossly overweight. See Synonyms at fat.

[Latin obēsus, from past participle of *obedere, to eat away : ob-, away; see ob- + edere, to eat; see ed- in Indo-European roots.]
o·bese'ly adv., o·bese'ness n.
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Obese

O*bese"\ a. [L. obesus eaten away, lean; also, that has eaten itself fat, fat, stout, p. p. of obedere to devour; ob (see Ob-) + edere to eat. See Eat.] Excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy.
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Language Translation for : obese
Spanish: obeso,
German: fettleibig,
Japanese: 太った
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Main Entry: obese
Pronunciation: O-'bEs
Function: adjective
: excessively fat
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obese o·bese (ō-bēs')
adj.
Extremely fat; very overweight.

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