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
su·per·o·bese, adjective
un·o·bese, adjective
un·o·bese·ly, adverb
un·o·bese·ness, noun
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obese (əʊˈbiːs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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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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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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.
Consistent with this, the brains of obese people often show signs of damage.
She was morbidly obese and had great difficulty walking even at the slowest
  pace.
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