Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Corpulency"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Corpulence \Cor"pu*lence\ (k?r"p?-lens), Corpulency
\Cor"pu*len*cy\ (k?r"p?-len-s?), n. [L. corpulentia: cf. F.
corpulence.]
1. Excessive fatness; fleshiness; obesity.

2. Thickness; density; compactness. [Obs.]

The heaviness and corpulency of water requiring a
great force to divide it. --Ray.


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