Meaning & use
corpulent
Having a large, heavy body, typically used to describe someone who is noticeably overweight.
See it in a sentence
The corpulent old merchant struggled to climb the narrow staircase to his office.
Years of rich feasting had left the king considerably corpulent by middle age.
A note on using this word
Corpulent is a formal, somewhat old-fashioned word; overweight or heavyset sound more neutral in everyday speech.
Words with a similar meaning
obeseportlystout
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Words with an opposite meaning
slimthin
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