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corpulent

adjective
🔊/ˈkɔːpjələnt/
🔊/ˈkɔːrpjələnt/
 (formal)
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  1. (of a person人) fat. People say ‘corpulent’ to avoid saying ‘fat’.发福的，福态的（委婉说法，与 fat 同义）
    • He is a short, somewhat corpulent, man.他是个矮胖的人。
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin corpulentus, from corpus ‘body’.