plumpness

  • 121obesity — [n] corpulence bulk, chubbiness, chunkiness, fatness, overweight, paunchiness, plumpness, portliness, rotundness, stoutness; concept 734 …

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  • 122plump — Ⅰ. plump [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) full and rounded in shape. 2) rather fat. ► VERB (plump up) ▪ make or become full and round. DERIVATIVES plumpish adjective …

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  • 123plumpish — Ⅰ. plump [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) full and rounded in shape. 2) rather fat. ► VERB (plump up) ▪ make or become full and round. DERIVATIVES plumpish adjective …

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  • 124embonpoint — [än bōn pwan′] n. [Fr < OFr en bon point, in good condition] plumpness; corpulence …

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  • 125fat — [fat] adj. fatter, fattest [ME < OE fætt, pp. of fætan, to fatten, akin to Ger feist, plump < OHG feizzen, to make fat < IE * poid < base * pi , to be fat, distended > Gr pimelē, lard, Sans pīná , fat] 1. a) containing or full of… …

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  • 126flesh — [flesh] n. [ME < OE flæsc, akin to Ger fleisch < ? IE base * plēk , to tear off > FLAY] 1. a) the soft substance of the body (of a person or animal) between the skin and the bones; esp., the muscular tissue b) the surface or skin of the… …

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  • 127plump — plump1 [plump] adj. [LME < MDu plomp, unwieldy, bulky, dull: orig. echoic] full and rounded in form; chubby vt., vi. to make plump; fill out: sometimes with up or out plumpish adj. plumply adv. plumpness n. plump2 [plump] vi. [ME plumpen …

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  • 128buxomness — noun the bodily property of being attractively plump and vigorous and (of women) full bosomed • Derivationally related forms: ↑buxom • Hypernyms: ↑plumpness, ↑embonpoint, ↑roundness …

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