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語源

From Old French corpulence, from Latin corpulentia.

発音

• IPA: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)pjʊləns/

名詞

corpulence (countable and uncountable, plural corpulences)

1. The characteristic or state of being corpulent.

   Synonyms: (obsolete) corpulentness, fatness, obesity, pudginess

   Antonyms: slimness, thinness

   • 1860, Richard F[rancis] Burton, “We Return to Unyanyembe”, in The Lake Regions of Central Africa: A Picture of Exploration […], volume II, London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, →OCLC, page 182:

     Corpulence is a beauty: girls are fattened to a vast bulk by drenches of curds and cream thickened with flour, and are duly disciplined when they refuse.

派生語

• corpulence index