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corpulent
(cor¦pu|lent)
Pronunciation:
/ˈkɔːpjʊl(ə)nt/
adjective
(of a person) fat:
a short, somewhat corpulent man
Origin:
late Middle English
: from Latin
corpulentus
, from
corpus
'body'
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