Hypertext Webster Gateway: "embonpoint"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Embonpoint \Em`bon`point"\, n. [F., fr. en bon point in good
condition. See {Bon}, and {Point}.]
Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat
corpulent.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
embonpoint
adj : euphemisms for slightly fat; "a generation ago...buxom
actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton; "chubby
babies"; "pleasingly plump" [syn: {buxom}, {chubby}, {plump},
{zaftig}, {zoftig}]
n : the bodily property of being well rounded [syn: {plumpness}]
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