Synonyms for obesity

Grammar : Noun

Spell : oh-bee-si-tee

Phonetic Transcription : oʊˈbi sɪ ti

Définition of obesity

Origin : 1610s, from French obésité and directly from Latin obesitas "fatness, corpulence," from obesus "that has eaten itself fat," past participle of obdere "to eat all over, devour," from ob "over" (see ob-) + edere "eat" (see edible).

noun corpulence

Example sentences :

The victim of obesity has no sympathies with the martyr to atrophy; he may envy, he cannot pity him.
Extract from : « Arthur O'Leary » by Charles James Lever

A tendency to obesity often appears in generation after generation of a family.
Extract from : « The Physical Life of Woman: » by Dr. George H Napheys

But bear in mind that obesity and stoutness are not synonymous terms.
Extract from : « Woman » by William J. Robinson

The Polynesian is more subject to obesity than the Melanesian.
Extract from : « The Races of Man » by Joseph Deniker

At the age of sixteen, suffered from all the discomforts of obesity.
Extract from : « Pedagogical Anthropology » by Maria Montessori

Those inclined to obesity may skip the greater part of this chapter.
Extract from : « Cakes & Ale » by Edward Spencer

We all know to what obesity he attained when a prisoner at Saint Helena.
Extract from : « The Companions of Jehu » by Alexandre Dumas, pre

Hippocrates has maintained that obesity was an obstacle to conception.
Extract from : « Curiosities of Medical Experience » by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

The Potawatomi women were inclined to greasiness and obesity.
Extract from : « The Land of the Miamis » by Elmore Barce

Secondly,—some of the ugliest of these deities are distinguished for their obesity.
Extract from : « Rambles by Land and Water » by B. M. Norman

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