embonpoint

noun

äⁿ-bōⁿ-ˈpwaⁿ How to pronounce embonpoint (audio)
Definition of embonpointnext
as in obesity
the condition of having an excess of body fat clothes for women who may be inclined to embonpoint but who still want to look stylish

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  1. obesity
  2. weight
  3. corpulence
  4. fat
Noun
  • On Tuesday, the outgoing Biden administration unveiled a plan to extend obesity drug coverage to more than 7 million Medicare and Medicaid enrollees beginning in 2026.
    Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Bhattacharya wrote about the costs associated with obesity in at least three academic papers as part of his research career into the economics of healthcare.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of obesity
Noun
  • By 2025, Faherty aims to source 80% of its fibers by total weight to be responsible materials, with a target of achieving 100% by 2030.
    Esha Chhabra, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The small but mighty suitcase punches far above its weight, according to Walmart shoppers who were thoroughly pleased with this bag’s durability.
    Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of weight
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  • Whimsy was also the domain of the Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, whose signature was a race of voluptuously bloated figures — denizens, from priests to bullfighters, of an almost cartoonish world that, to him, had to do not with corpulence but with the sensuality of human life.
    William McDonald, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2023
  • His thick musculature having bloated into unhealthy corpulence, Maradona was hospitalized in Buenos Aires in April 2004 with what doctors described as a weakened heart and acute breathing problems.
    Jeré Longman, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2020
Definition of corpulence
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  • But don’t remove all fat because that fat will help keep the ribs juicy.
    Jennifer Ford, Essence, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Previous animal studies had already hinted at a link between fat intake and heart disease.
    Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of fat
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“Embonpoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embonpoint. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

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