obese

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /oʊˈbis/ UK /əʊˈbiːs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
grossly overweight; excessively fat

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

Thesaurus

Synonyms

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

Opposites

thin slender leanemaciatedskinny

Word family

Derived forms obesityobeseness

Simplified etymology

Obese entered English in the mid-17th century and derives from Latin obedere, literally “to eat completely.” Its history connects it with Latin edere, “to eat,” a relative of English eat.

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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