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obese

[ oh-bees ]

adjective

  1. very fat or overweight; corpulent.


obese

/ əʊˈbiːs /

adjective

  1. excessively fat or fleshy; corpulent


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Derived Forms

  • oˈbesity, noun

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Other Words From

  • 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of obese1

First recorded in 1645–55; from Latin obēsus, adjective use of past participle of obedere, obesse (unrecorded) “to eat away,” from ob- ob- + edere, esse “to eat” ( eat )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of obese1

C17: from Latin obēsus, from ob- (intensive) + edere to eat

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Example Sentences

Too much of the bad type, which stores energy, makes us obese.

Lean people tend to have more active brown and beige fat than do obese people.

I controlled for factors such as percentage of the population who were obese, diabetic or elderly.

Around 40 percent of American adults are obese, including the president, based on the height and weight recorded in his April physical.

While most prescription medicines are intended for people who are obese, the Gelesis product is made for people who are overweight, too.

Especially in the U.S., where fast food restaurants are abundant and two-thirds of people are overweight or obese.

In addition, the obese people…were all under a BMI of 35, which may have played a role.

“In the Human Microbiome Project, there were only 24 obese individuals out of 200,” Watson told The Daily Beast.

Indeed, at least one study showed that people who watch the program develop more bias against the obese.

We might learn enough that we start treating the obese with the compassion they deserve—which may just be the medicine we need.

Obese Englishman hearing this on arrival, asked why this quality should be confined to application to cloth?

A very obese man was he, my boy, with certain sweet-oiliness of manner, and never out of patients.

They were very small and bright, as the eyes of the obese often are, or as they seem by contrast with a large crass face.

An obese individual sometimes surprises us, however, by his ambition and immaculateness.

The fat woman's refusal to worry keeps the wrinkles away and as long as she does not become obese she remains attractive.

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