obese

Meaning

Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their conventionally ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m².

fat

well fed

be overweight

very fat

poddy

horizontally challenged

enormous

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/oʊˈbis/

From Latin obēsus, derived from obedō (“I devour, eat away”), from ob (“away”) + edō (“I eat”). Displaced native Old English oferfǣtt (literally “overfat”).

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