OBESE


Meaning of OBESE in English

— obesely , adv. — obesity, obeseness , n.

/oh bees"/ , adj.

very fat or overweight; corpulent.

[ 1645-55; obesus (ptp. of obedere to eat away), equiv. to ob- OB- + ed ( ere ) to EAT + - tus ptp. suffix, with dt > s ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .