corpulence
noun/ˈkɔː(ɹ)pjʊləns/
Etymology From Old French corpulence, from Latin corpulentia.
1
The characteristic or state of being corpulent.
- Corpulence is a beauty: girls are fattened to a vast bulk by drenches of curds and cream thickened with flour, and are duly disciplined when they refuse.1860, Richard F[rancis] Burton, “We Return to Unyanyembe”, in The Lake Regions of Central Africa: A Picture of Exploration […], volume II, London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, →OCLC, page 182:
- Derived terms
- corpulence index