OBESITY

fleshiness, obesity, corpulency

(noun) more than average fatness

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

obesity (countable and uncountable, plural obesities)

(pathology) The state of being obese due to an excess of body fat.

Source: Wiktionary


O*bes"i*ty, n.Etym: [L. obesitas: cf.F. obésité.]

Definition: The state or quality of being obese; incumbrance of flesh.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

24 December 2024

INTUITIVELY

(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”


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Coffee Trivia

The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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