corpulent

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈkɔrpjələnt/ UK /ˈkɔːpjʊlənt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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adj
physically bulky or fat; having a large, fleshy body

The corpulent merchant squeezed through the narrow doorway.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · physically bulky or fat;... obese fat stout portly fleshy rotund plump

Opposites

thin slender lean slim gaunt

Word family

Derived forms corpulencecorpulently

Related forms corpse corporeal corps corpus

Etymology

From Latin 'corpulentus' ('fleshy, fat'), from 'corpus' ('body') plus the suffix '-ulentus' ('full of').

corpulentus Latin corpus Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# corpulent

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈkɔrpjələnt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkɔːpjʊlənt/

## Meanings
1. physically bulky or fat; having a large, fleshy body

## Examples
- The corpulent merchant squeezed through the narrow doorway.

## Synonyms
- obese
- fat
- stout
- portly
- fleshy
- rotund
- plump

## Antonyms
- thin
- slender
- lean
- slim
- gaunt

## Derived Forms
- corpulence
- corpulently

## Related Forms
- corpse
- corporeal
- corps
- corpus

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: corpulentus
- Root: corpus

## Etymology
From Latin 'corpulentus' ('fleshy, fat'), from 'corpus' ('body') plus the suffix '-ulentus' ('full of').

## AI Etymology
Corpulent is from Latin 'corpulentus' ('fleshy, fat'), from 'corpus' ('body') plus the suffix '-ulentus' ('full of'). The ancestry passes through Latin corpulentus and Latin corpus. In present use as an adjective, it means "physically bulky or fat; having a large, fleshy body", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include corpse, corporeal, corps, and corpus; derived forms include corpulence and corpulently. Its contrast set includes thin, slender, lean, and slim, which clarifies the semantic boundary of the modern word.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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