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obese
[ oh-bees ]
adjective
- very fat or overweight; corpulent.
obese
/ əʊˈː /
adjective
- excessively fat or fleshy; corpulent
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Derived Forms
- ˈٲ, noun
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Other Word Forms
- ·l adverb
- ·s·ٲ ·n noun
- v·· adjective
- over··l adverb
- over··n noun
- p·· adjective
- ܲo· adjective
- un·l adverb
- un·n noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of obese1
C17: from Latin Dzŧܲ, from ob- (intensive) + edere to eat
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Wales currently has the highest percentage of people living with diabetes in the UK, while around one in four adults are obese.
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Videos generated by artificial intelligence that show obese Americans toiling in garment factories.
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Under the Body Mass Index calculator, he would currently be categorised within the overweight range, and not obese.
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Contrast this with other TLC shows like their staple series “My 600-Lb Life,” which follows morbidly obese people as they struggle to lose weight and get gastric bypass surgery.
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And even at my skinniest, I am still morbidly obese.
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