Sunday, November 23, 2008

Corpulent -- a good word for next Thursday

from www.wordsmith.org

corpulent

PRONUNCIATION: (KOR-pyuh-luhnt)

MEANING: adjective: Large, bulky, fat.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin corpus (body). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kwrep- (body, form) that is also the source of corps, corpse, corporation, corset, corsage, and leprechaun.
USAGE: "Mr. Barbecue-Smith was a short and corpulent man, with a very large head and no neck."Aldous Huxley; Crome Yellow; 1921.

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