obese

[oh-bees]

adjective

1. very fat or overweight; corpulent.

obese

/ əʊˈbiːs /

adjective

1. excessively fat or fleshy; corpulent

Other Word Forms

• obesely adverb
• obesity noun
• obeseness noun
• overobese adjective
• overobesely adverb
• overobeseness noun
• superobese adjective
• unobese adjective
• unobesely adverb
• unobeseness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of obese¹

First recorded in 1645–55; from Latin obēsus, adjective use of past participle of obedere, obesse (unrecorded) “to eat away,” from ob- ob- + edere, esse “to eat” ( eat )

Word History and Origins

Origin of obese¹

C17: from Latin obēsus, from ob- (intensive) + edere to eat

Example Sentences

Latest official figures suggest that one in 10 children in England is obese when they go to primary school at the age of four or five.

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And obesity rates in children and adults show no signs of going down either, with nearly two-thirds of people in the UK overweight or obese.

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In contrast, obese mice show elevated levels of HSL within the nucleus, suggesting a shift in this regulatory system.

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Combining low doses of the drug tirzepatide, a "dual agonist" that works, in part, by activating GLP-1 receptors, with the hormone oxytocin results in weight loss without gastrointestinal side effects in obese rats.

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The team then tested RAGE406R in a widely used model for chronic diabetes complications: delayed wound healing in obese mice with Type 2 diabetes.

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Related Words

• corpulent