corpulence
noun
bulkiness or largeness of body; fatness; portliness.
corpulency
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a variation of
corpulence.
Example Sentences
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In appearance he resembles a jovial and prosperous farmer; his features are hardly handsome, for, like his Premier, he is inclined to corpulency and is below medium height.
From Time Magazine Archive
I remember that this excessive corpulency evoked the admiration of the Turkish Ambassadors.
From The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun by Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
But in such case he should have been exhibited active and young; for it is plain that age and corpulency are an excuse for Cowardice, which ought not to be afforded him.
From Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare by David Nichol Smith
His corpulency is held by the Brahmins, as an indication of his benevolence, and his readiness to grant the desires of his worshippers.
From Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico by B. M. Norman
Had this coarse fellow, with his pudgy hands, his corpulency, his drooping black mustache, some hold upon Miss Picolet?
From Ruth Fielding at Briarwood Hall or Solving the Campus Mystery by Alice B. Emerson
