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embonpoint

[ French ahn-bawn-pwan ]

noun

  1. excessive plumpness; stoutness.


embonpoint

/ ɑ̃bɔ̃pwɛ̃ /

noun

  1. plumpness or stoutness
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. plump; stout
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of embonpoint1

From French, dating back to 1655–65, literally, in good condition
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Word History and Origins

Origin of embonpoint1

C18: from phrase en bon point in good condition
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Example Sentences

Long taunted for his embonpoint, polite French for tubbiness, the affable pol used to garner dessert-inspired nicknames.

He was a stout, healthy-looking person, inclining to embonpoint; bound to succeed, if only from sheer solidity of person.

Why 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.

She was fond of the good things in life, and was obliged to watch carefully a tendency to embonpoint.

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