excessively fat or fleshy; corpulent
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o•bese /oʊˈbis/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Pathologyextremely fat.
o•bese
(ō bēs′),USA pronunciation adj.
o•bese′ly, adv.
o•be′si•ty, o•bese′ness, n.
- Pathologyvery fat or overweight;
corpulent.
- Latin obēsus (past participle of obedere to eat away), equivalent. to ob- ob- + ed(ere) to eat + -tus past participle suffix, with dt
s - 1645–55
o•be′si•ty, o•bese′ness, n.
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'obese' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
beefy
- bloated
- clinically obese
- cow
- fallout
- fat
- fatty
- intestinal bypass
- lardy
- overstuffed
- porky
- rotund
- unobese