o|bese´ness

o|bese´ness
o|bese «oh BEES», adjective.
extremely fat; corpulent: »

... a woman of robust frame…though stout, not obese (Charlotte Brontë).

SYNONYM(S): portly.
[< Latin obēsus, past participle of obedere devour < ob- away + edere eat]
o|bese´ly, adverb.
o|bese´ness, noun.

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