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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Corpulent \Cor"pu*lent\ (-p?-lent), adjective [L. corpulentus, fr. corpus: cf. F. corpulent. See {Corpse}.]
1. Very fat; obese.
2. Solid; gross; opaque. [Obs.] --Holland.
Syn: Stout; fleshy; bulky; obese. See {Stout}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
corpulent
adjective: excessively fat; "a weighty man" [syn: {obese}, {weighty}, {rotund}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
63 Moby Thesaurus words for "corpulent": adipose, beefy, big-bellied, bloated, blowzy, bosomy, brawny, broad-bodied, bulky, bullnecked, burly, buxom, chubby, chunky, coarse, crass, dense, distended, dumpy, fat, fattish, fleshy, full, full-bodied, gross, heavy, heavyset, hefty, hippy, imposing, lusty, massive, meaty, obese, overblown, overweight, paunchy, plump, podgy, portly, potbellied, pudgy, puffy, pursy, roly-poly, rotund, square, squat, squatty, stalwart, stocky, stout, strapping, swollen, thick, thick-bodied, thickset, three-dimensional, top-heavy, tubby, viscous, weighty, well-fed
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