corpulence

cor·pu·lence
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UK/ˈkɔː(ɹ)pjʊləns/US/ˈkɔr pjə ləns/

noun

The characteristic or state of being corpulent.

Similar
corpulentnessfatnessobesitypudginessoverweightstoutnessadiposis
Opposite
slimnessthinness
OriginOld French corpulence ← Latin corpulentia →
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Meanings

nouncorpulence (countable and uncountable, plural corpulences)

plural corpulences · alternative corpulency

  1. countableuncountableThe characteristic or state of being corpulent.

    Corpulence is a beauty: girls are fattened to a vast bulk by drenches of curds and cream thickened with flour, and are duly disciplined when they refuse.

    1860, Richard F[rancis] Burton, “We Return to Unyanyembe”, in The Lake Regions of Central Africa: A Picture of Exploration […], volume II, London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, →OCLC, page 182

    Synonyms: corpulentness, fatness, obesity, pudginess · Antonyms: slimness, thinness

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe characteristic or state of being corpulent.

Similar
corpulentnessfatnessobesitypudginess
Opposite
slimnessthinness

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe property of excessive fatness

Similar
overweightstoutnessadiposis
Broader
fleshinessobesitycorpulency
Also see
adiposiscorpulentnessoverweightstoutness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latincorpulentia
  2. Old Frenchcorpulence
  3. Englishcorpulence

From Old French corpulence, from Latin corpulentia.

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Translations

Bulgarian дебелина
  • дебелина (debelina)characteristic or state of being corpulent
Chinese Mandarin 肥滿 /肥满, 肥胖
  • 肥滿 /肥满 (féimǎn)characteristic or state of being corpulent
  • 肥胖 (féipàng)characteristic or state of being corpulent
French corpulence
  • corpulencecharacteristic or state of being corpulent
German Korpulenz
  • Korpulenzcharacteristic or state of being corpulent
Hindi मोटापन, मोटापा
  • मोटापन (moṭāpan)characteristic or state of being corpulent
  • मोटापा (moṭāpā)characteristic or state of being corpulent
Hungarian testesség, kövérség
  • testességcharacteristic or state of being corpulent
  • kövérségcharacteristic or state of being corpulent
  • korpulenciacharacteristic or state of being corpulent
Italian corpulenza
  • corpulenzacharacteristic or state of being corpulent
Japanese 肥満
  • 肥満 (himan)characteristic or state of being corpulent
Korean 비만
  • 비만 (biman)characteristic or state of being corpulent
Latin corpulentia, adeps
  • corpulentiacharacteristic or state of being corpulent
  • adepscharacteristic or state of being corpulent
Russian доро́дность, корпуле́нция
  • доро́дность (doródnostʹ)characteristic or state of being corpulent
  • корпуле́нция (korpuléncija)characteristic or state of being corpulent
  • ту́чность (túčnostʹ)characteristic or state of being corpulent
Spanish obesidad
  • obesidadcharacteristic or state of being corpulent
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“corpulence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corpulence. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corpulence,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corpulence.

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