Synonyms for obesity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : oh-bee-si-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : oʊˈbi sɪ ti |
Définition of obesity
Origin :- 1610s, from French obésité and directly from Latin obesitas "fatness, corpulence," from obesus "that has eaten itself fat," past participle of obdere "to eat all over, devour," from ob "over" (see ob-) + edere "eat" (see edible).
- noun corpulence
- The victim of obesity has no sympathies with the martyr to atrophy; he may envy, he cannot pity him.
- Extract from : « Arthur O'Leary » by Charles James Lever
- A tendency to obesity often appears in generation after generation of a family.
- Extract from : « The Physical Life of Woman: » by Dr. George H Napheys
- But bear in mind that obesity and stoutness are not synonymous terms.
- Extract from : « Woman » by William J. Robinson
- The Polynesian is more subject to obesity than the Melanesian.
- Extract from : « The Races of Man » by Joseph Deniker
- At the age of sixteen, suffered from all the discomforts of obesity.
- Extract from : « Pedagogical Anthropology » by Maria Montessori
- Those inclined to obesity may skip the greater part of this chapter.
- Extract from : « Cakes & Ale » by Edward Spencer
- We all know to what obesity he attained when a prisoner at Saint Helena.
- Extract from : « The Companions of Jehu » by Alexandre Dumas, pre
- Hippocrates has maintained that obesity was an obstacle to conception.
- Extract from : « Curiosities of Medical Experience » by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
- The Potawatomi women were inclined to greasiness and obesity.
- Extract from : « The Land of the Miamis » by Elmore Barce
- Secondly,—some of the ugliest of these deities are distinguished for their obesity.
- Extract from : « Rambles by Land and Water » by B. M. Norman
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