Meaning

2 senses
  1. Large in body; fat; overweight.

    corpulent person

    korpulent, beleibt

    по́лныйpólnyj, ту́чныйtúčnyj, доро́дныйdoródnyj

    excessively fat

  2. (obsolete)Physical, material, corporeal.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. He's a tall and corpulent man.

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  2. The corpulent woman wore a bow in her hair.

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  3. A corpulent man in his mid-forties entered the hall.

    deEin korpulenter Mittvierziger betrat den Saal.

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  4. Your opponent tonight in the ring is very corpulent, but you're stronger.

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  5. I was very corpulent.

    deIch war sehr dickleibig.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
large in body; fat:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
large in body; fat:

Origin

From Middle English corpulent, from Old French corpulent, from Latin corpulentus.

From Middle English corpulent, from Old French corpulent, from Latin corpulentus.

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Forms

more corpulent, most corpulent
Comparativemore corpulent Lesson
Superlativemost corpulent Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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