corpulence
/'kɔ:pjuləns/ Cách viết khác : (corpulency) /'kɔ:pjulənsi/
Definition
- Noun:
- The state of being excessively fat or overweight; obesity: "Corpulence" refers specifically to having a large, heavy, or bulky body due to an excessive accumulation of fat.
Usage
- "Corpulence" is a formal, often clinical or literary term for extreme fatness. It describes a physical condition rather than a temporary state.
- It is typically used as a non-count noun (e.g., "his corpulence," "a state of corpulence").
Examples
- Noun:
- His corpulence made it difficult for him to climb the stairs.
- The doctor warned him about the health risks associated with his increasing corpulence.
- In the portrait, the king's corpulence was a symbol of his wealth and prosperity.
Advanced Usage
- "To attain a degree of corpulence": to become quite fat.
- After years of a sedentary lifestyle, he attained a notable degree of corpulence.
Variants and Related Words
- Corpulent (adj): having a large, bulky body; fat.
- The corpulent man struggled to fit into the small chair.
- Corpulency (n): an older, less common variant of "corpulence" with the same meaning.
Synonyms
- Obesity: the condition of being grossly fat or overweight (very similar in meaning and register).
- Portliness: the state of having a stout, dignified body (can be slightly less critical than corpulence).
- Fleshiness: the quality of having much soft flesh; plumpness.
Antonyms
- Slimness: the quality of being attractively thin.
- Leanness: the state of having little body fat; thinness.
- Gauntness: extreme thinness, often from hunger or illness.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- "To carry corpulence": to be fat.
- He carried his corpulence with surprising grace.
- "Burdened by corpulence": hindered or weighed down by excessive body fat.
- Burdened by corpulence, he found even short walks exhausting.
Noun
-
the property of excessive fatness
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