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< corpsman

corpulent >

cor·pu·lence

(kôr

-l

ns) KEY

NOUN:

The condition of being excessively fat; obesity.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, corporality, from Latin corpulentia, corpulence, from corpulentus, corpulent, from corpus, body; see k^wrep- in Indo-European roots

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