Embonpoint

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  • noun. The condition of being plump; stoutness.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Exaggerated plumpness; rotundity of figure; stoutness: a euphemism for fatness or fleshiness.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat corpulent.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Plumpness, stoutness, especially when voluptuous.
  • adjective. Plump, chubby, buxom.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the bodily property of being well rounded
  • adjective. sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure
  • Word Usage
    "And it is weird to get off a boring old commuter train to be faced on the platform with a vast embonpoint, half swathed in shiny scarlet shantung silk, half exposed, like being attacked by a giant blancmange with strawberries."
    Equivalent
    fat  
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