Hypertext Webster Gateway: "obese"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Obese \O*bese"\ a. [L. obesus eaten away, lean; also, that has
eaten itself fat, fat, stout, p. p. of obedere to devour; ob
(see {Ob-}) + edere to eat. See {Eat}.]
Excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
obese
adj : excessively fat; "a weighty man" [syn: {corpulent}, {weighty},
{rotund}]
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