Word: Obese
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
mid 17th century: from Latin obesus ‘having eaten until fat’, from ob- ‘away, completely’ + esus (past participle of edere ‘eat’)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ə(ʊ)ˈbiːs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
very fat or overweight
Short Definition:very fat or overweight
Examples:- a hugely obese young man
- one in ten people surveyed were obese
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