CORPULENT


Meaning of CORPULENT in English

-nt adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Latin corpulentus, from corpus body + -ulentus -ulent

1. : having a large bulky body : fat and heavy : obese

a corpulent giant, over six feet in height, and … as big round as a hogshead — Herman Melville

: large , massive

his money belt was … corpulent — Elinor Wylie

2. archaic : corporeal , material

Synonyms: see fat

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.