embonpoint

/,ʤmbʤ:m'pwe:ɳ/
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embonpoint

A plump baby with embonpoint cheeks giggles in her high chair.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • The bodily property of being well-rounded or plump; a state of stoutness or pleasing fullness of figure. It refers to a condition of being fleshy or having a rounded body shape, often with a positive or neutral connotation of health and robustness.

  2. Adjective:

    • (Of a person) pleasingly plump; sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure. This term describes a person, typically a woman, who is stout or rounded in a way that is considered attractive or healthy.
Usage
  • The word embonpoint is a formal, somewhat literary, or euphemistic term. It is used to describe plumpness in a polite, complimentary, or descriptive manner, avoiding the potential negative connotations of words like "fat" or "obese." It is not commonly used in everyday modern conversation.
Examples

  • Noun:

    • The portrait captured the subject's gentle embonpoint perfectly.
    • Her embonpoint was a sign of good health and prosperity in that era.

  • Adjective:

    • She was an embonpoint lady, always elegantly dressed.
    • The painter favored models who were embonpoint, finding their curves more artistic.
Advanced Usage
  • The term is often used in historical, literary, or artistic contexts to describe a body type that was fashionable or admired in certain periods (e.g., the Rubenesque figure).
  • It can be used humorously or archaically in modern writing to evoke a particular tone.
Variants and Related Words
  • Plumpness (n): The quality of having a full, rounded shape. (A more common, neutral synonym.)
  • Stoutness (n): The quality of being rather fat or heavily built.
  • Rotundity (n): The quality of being round, often used for both people and objects.
  • Rubenesque (adj): (Specifically in art) Plump and voluptuous, reminiscent of the figures painted by Rubens.
Synonyms
  • Noun: Plumpness, stoutness, rotundity, fleshiness, corpulence (though can sound more clinical).
  • Adjective: Plump, buxom, rotund, stout, full-figured, zaftig (Yiddish-derived, informal).
Antonyms
  • Noun: Slenderness, thinness, leanness, skinniness.
  • Adjective: Slender, thin, lean, skinny, gaunt.
Notes
  • Embompoint is a loanword from French ( meaning "in good condition").
  • As an adjective, it is typically used attributively (before a noun: ) rather than predicatively (after a verb like "to be").
embonpoint

A plump baby with embonpoint cheeks giggles in her high chair.

Adjective
  1. sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure;
    • a chubby child
    • pleasingly plump
Noun
  1. the bodily property of being well rounded

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