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obese
[ oh-bees ]
/ oŹĖbis /
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adjective
very fat or overweight; corpulent.
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Origin of obese
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Oberland, Oberlin, Oberon, Oberƶsterreich, Oberth, obese, obesity, obesogen, obesogenic, obey, obfuscate
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British Dictionary definitions for obese
obese
/ (ÉŹĖbiĖs) /
adjective
excessively fat or fleshy; corpulent
Derived forms of obese
obesity or obeseness, nounWord Origin for obese
C17: from Latin obÄsus, from ob- (intensive) + edere to eat
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