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obese

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obese
excessively fat or fleshy; corpulent
obese [ō′bēs]
(anatomy)
Extremely fat.
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He had the choler of the obese, easily roused and as easily calmed, and his boys soon discovered that there was much kindliness beneath the invective with which he constantly assailed them.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
With his jutting nose, flat-topped skull and sable garments he recalled an obese raven, and when he heard of the disaster he manifested his astonishment and concern in a most plebeian manner by a low and expressive whistle.
The Arrow of Gold by Conrad, Joseph View in context
He was married to an American woman, obese and slatternly, fallen to this pass by Heaven knows what process of degradation, and every day the boarders took it in turns to help her with the housework.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
 
 
 
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