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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Obese

/ōbēs/ · O·bese · IPA /oʊˈbis/

01 a. Excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy.

[L. obesus eaten away, lean; also, that has eaten itself fat, fat, stout, p. p. of obedere to devour; ob (see Ob-) + edere to eat. See Eat.]

1.
Excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy.

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