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This Adonis in loveliness was a corpulent man of fifty.
H. L. Hunt

Meaning of "corpulent" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CORPULENT

From Latin corpulentus fleshy.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CORPULENT

corpulent  [ˈkɔːpjʊlənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CORPULENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Corpulent is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CORPULENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

corpulent

Obesity

Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have a negative effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems. People are considered obese when their body mass index, a measurement obtained by dividing a person's weight by the square of the person's height, exceeds 30 kg/m2. Obesity increases the likelihood of various diseases, particularly heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, certain types of cancer, and osteoarthritis. Obesity is most commonly caused by a combination of excessive food energy intake, lack of physical activity, and genetic susceptibility, although a few cases are caused primarily by genes, endocrine disorders, medications or psychiatric illness. Evidence to support the view that some obese people eat little yet gain weight due to a slow metabolism is limited. On average obese people have a greater energy expenditure than their thin counterparts due to the energy required to maintain an increased body mass. Dieting and physical exercise are the mainstays of treatment for obesity.

Definition of corpulent in the English dictionary

The definition of corpulent in the dictionary is physically bulky; fat.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CORPULENT


ambulant
ˈæmbjʊlənt
anticoagulant
ˌæntɪkəʊˈæɡjʊlənt
coagulant
kəʊˈæɡjʊlənt
crapulent
ˈkræpjʊlənt
esculent
ˈɛskjʊlənt
feculent
ˈfɛkjʊlənt
flatulent
ˈflætjʊlənt
flocculant
ˈflɒkjʊlənt
flocculent
ˈflɒkjʊlənt
fraudulent
ˈfrɔːdjʊlənt
immunostimulant
ˌɪmjʊnəʊˈstɪmjʊlənt
inoculant
ɪˈnɒkjʊlənt
opulent
ˈɒpjʊlənt
petulant
ˈpɛtjʊlənt
postulant
ˈpɒstjʊlənt
simulant
ˈsɪmjʊlənt
stimulant
ˈstɪmjʊlənt
succulent
ˈsʌkjʊlənt
truculent
ˈtrʌkjʊlənt
turbulent
ˈtɜːbjʊlənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CORPULENT

corpulence
corpulency
corpulently
corpus
corpus callosum
corpus cavernosum
Corpus Christi
corpus delicti
corpus juris
Corpus Juris Canonici
Corpus Juris Civilis
corpus luteum
corpus luteum hormone
corpus spongiosum
corpus striatum
corpus vile
corpuscle
corpuscular
corpuscular theory
corpuscularian

WORDS THAT END LIKE CORPULENT

acidulent
avirulent
equivalent
excellent
hypervirulent
inesculent
luculent
mucopurulent
nonturbulent
patulent
puberulent
pulverulent
purulent
seropurulent
silent
supervirulent
talent
temulent
violent
virulent

Synonyms and antonyms of corpulent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CORPULENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «corpulent» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of corpulent

Translation of «corpulent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CORPULENT

Find out the translation of corpulent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of corpulent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «corpulent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

肥胖
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

corpulenta
570 millions of speakers

English

corpulent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चर्बीयुक्त
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سمين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тучный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

corpulento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গোলগাল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

corpulent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Corpulent
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

korpulent
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

太った
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

뚱뚱한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Corpulent
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mập mạp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பருத்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कर्कश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şişman
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

corpulento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

otyły
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

огрядний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

corpolent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

corpulent
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gesette
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

korpulent
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

korpulent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of corpulent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CORPULENT»

The term «corpulent» is regularly used and occupies the 100.354 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CORPULENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «corpulent» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «corpulent» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about corpulent

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QUOTES WITH «CORPULENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word corpulent.
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H. L. Hunt
This Adonis in loveliness was a corpulent man of fifty.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CORPULENT»

Discover the use of corpulent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to corpulent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Cellular Basis of Cardiovascular Function in Health and ...
Both the body weight and the liver weight of the corpulent animals were significantly elevated compared to lean controls. For the most part, liver weight to body weight ratios were unchanged in corpulent animals compared to the leans, with the ...
Pawan K. Singal, Vincenzo Panagia, Grant Pierce, 1997
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The Reading Teacher's Word-a-Day: 180 Ready-to-Use Lessons ...
38. corpulent. /kor. pyoo. lent. /kôr'. pylent. Corpulent means having a large, bulky body. You might also say the person is fat, or if you are kinder, you might say the person is big- boned or husky. And if you want to hide behind a big word, the ...
Edward B. Fry, Ph.D., 2008
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Biochemistry of Diabetes and Atherosclerosis
Serum samples were also obtained from one month old lean and corpulent JCR: LA-cp rats and analyzed by gelatin zymo- graphy. In this particular group of animals, we were unable to satisfactorily discriminate between latent and active ...
James S. C. Gilchrist, Paramjit S. Tappia, Thomas Netticadan, 2003
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Pleurocer: Corpulent Hornsnail, Skirted Hornsnail, ...
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LLC Books, 2010
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Animal Models of Diabetes, Second Edition: Frontiers in Research
In the rat, the fatty (fa) mutation on chromosome 5 (and its allele, corpulent, cp) are orthologs of the mouse db mutation. This chapter will help to integrate the extensive early literature describing the physiologic, biochemical, and behavioral  ...
Eleazar Shafrir, 2007
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Drug Discovery and Evaluation: Pharmacological Assays ; ...
Koletsky S (1975) Pathologic findings and laboratory data in a new strain of obese hypertensive rats. Am J Pathol 80: 129-142 Russell JC, Graham S, Hameed M ( 1994) Abnormal insulin and glucose metabolism in the JCR:LA- corpulent rat.
H. Gerhard Vogel, 2002
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Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: Etiology, Treatment, ...
19:52(1973). 12. S. Koletsky. Pathological findings and laboratory data in a new strain of obese hypertensive rats. Am. J Pathol. 80:129(1975). 13. D.D. Greenhouse, O.E. Michaelis IV, and R.G. Peterson. The development of fatty and corpulent ...
Aubie Angel, 2001
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Bodies Out of Bounds: Fatness and Transgression
In the process, Banting projects on his corpulent reader a high degree of corporeal dissatisfaction, manifested as a fear of corpulence and a desire to eliminate it. By stressing that corpulence is a mode of bodily trespass, Banting's pamphlet ...
Jana Evans Braziel, Kathleen LeBesco, 2001
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A Dictionary of practical medicine
Sydenham remarks, that the gross and corpulent, and those with large heads, are most frequently affected. J. P. Phase states, that the gouty conformation consists of a large and full body, voluminous head, large bone, and thick skin.
James Copland, 1858
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The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal
They are withered, but they are also preserved; and appear to advantage in the freshest company. -<i A word to the other sex, now that our fair friend is gone. NinoH de l'Enclos told women to beware of the corpulent and the coarse-handed.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CORPULENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term corpulent is used in the context of the following news items.
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What's going to happen in this year's Ashes?
And speaking of corpulent former Ashes heroes, in their hour of need, the ECB have called on Sir IT Thwackem, the closest thing English ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»
2
You'd think this guy was wearing a 'hit me' sign
Times-Dispatch, after corpulent Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon collected just the second extra-base hit of his 18-year MLB career: "It was his first ... «Hamilton Spectator, Jul 15»
3
Bergman's 'Cries and Whispers' Is a Blu-ray Revelation
... centering on Saccard (Pierre Alcover), a corpulent, unscrupulous but never unsympathetic Parisian banker struggling to solidify his empire. «Village Voice, Jul 15»
4
Doubt cast on Broughton Church's Napoleonic gravestone
Hall, the teacher, was described as six feet tall, somewhat corpulent and with clear and healthy skin, very white hair and “bore the impress of a ... «Craven Herald, Jul 15»
5
The hidden Sensuality of our bodies
The works showed corpulent women in a pageantry of display—laughing, grimacing, and contorting their body, often within a circus ring, with a ... «Livemint, Jul 15»
6
Letters for July 3, 2015
Second, if you had a hard time getting the first leg over, then maybe your corpulent self shouldn't have tried the second leg. So falling down and ... «Thegardenisland.com, Jul 15»
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Film Review: 'Magician'
Desire to understand the alchemy behind his various incarnations - the corpulent detective in Touch of Evil (1958); the cynical Harry Lime in The Third Man ... «CineVue, Jul 15»
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Tim Lockley: Caterpillar will horn in on your tomato crop
After gorging itself for three to four weeks, the corpulent caterpillar will crawl down the defoliated plant and burrow into the loose soil at the ... «SunHerald.com, Jul 15»
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8 Affordable American wines to drink on the Fourth of July
Plungerhead, Cabernet Sauvignon, complex, well-balanced, corpulent on the palate and I love the label and the name. Jacuzzi Family Family ... «SheKnows.com, Jul 15»
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Guess where America's sweatiest city is
The Boston Red Sox benched corpulent third baseman Pablo Sandoval for grabbing his smartphone midgame and hitting "like" on a ... «Hamilton Spectator, Jun 15»

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