embonpoint
excessive plumpness; stoutness.
Origin of embonpoint
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How to use embonpoint in a sentence
Long taunted for his embonpoint, polite French for tubbiness, the affable pol used to garner dessert-inspired nicknames.
French President Francois Hollande’s Inability to Tie a Necktie Earns France’s Scorn | Tracy McNicoll | November 10, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was a stout, healthy-looking person, inclining to embonpoint; bound to succeed, if only from sheer solidity of person.
The Daughters of Danaus | Mona CairdWhy do opera singers show such a marked tendency to embonpoint?
Even Falstaff would be inclined to embonpoint if he were alive, in these days of Gallic supremacy.
It took two down cushions to give Zebedee's embonpoint the proper "bowl full of jelly" contour.
Back at School with the Tucker Twins | Nell Speed
She was fond of the good things in life, and was obliged to watch carefully a tendency to embonpoint.
The Art of Stage Dancing | Ned Wayburn
British Dictionary definitions for embonpoint
/ French (ɑ̃bɔ̃pwɛ̃) /
plumpness or stoutness
plump; stout
Origin of embonpoint
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