obese

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /oʊˈbis/ UK /əʊˈbiːs/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

1

adj
grossly overweight; excessively fat

The doctor warned that his obese frame strained his heart with every step.

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Synonyms

1 adj · grossly overweight;... fat corpulent overweight portly stout rotund

Opposites

thin slender leanemaciatedskinny

Word family

Derived forms obesityobeseness

Etymology

From Latin obesus ('fat, having eaten until plump'), past participle of obedere ('to eat away, devour'), from ob- ('against') plus edere ('to eat').

obesus Latin edere Latin

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# obese

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** oʊˈbis
**IPA (UK):** əʊˈbiːs

## Meanings
1. grossly overweight; excessively fat

## Examples
- The doctor warned that his obese frame strained his heart with every step.

## Synonyms
- fat
- corpulent
- overweight
- portly
- stout
- rotund

## Antonyms
- thin
- slender
- lean
- emaciated
- skinny

## Derived Forms
- obesity
- obeseness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: obesus
- Root: edere

## Etymology
From Latin obesus ('fat, having eaten until plump'), past participle of obedere ('to eat away, devour'), from ob- ('against') plus edere ('to eat').

## AI Etymology
Obese comes from Latin obesus ('fat, having eaten until plump'), past participle of obedere ('to eat away, devour'), from ob- ('against') plus edere ('to eat'). The form is best read as a historical transfer or inheritance, with its older language material carrying the main semantic load. As an adjective, it carries the sense "grossly overweight; excessively fat", with the older formation still helping explain the modern use. Relevant historical forms include Latin obesus and Latin edere. Derivative forms include obesity, obeseness.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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