embonpoint

em·bon·point

noun \äⁿ-bōⁿ-ˈpwaⁿ\

Definition of EMBONPOINT

: plumpness of person : stoutness

Examples of EMBONPOINT

1. <clothes for women who may be inclined to embonpoint but who still want to look stylish>

Origin of EMBONPOINT

French, from Middle French, from en bon point in good condition

First Known Use: 1670

Related to EMBONPOINT

Synonyms: adiposity, chubbiness, corpulency, corpulence, fat, fatness, fattiness, fleshiness, grossness, obesity, plumpness, portliness, pudginess, pursiness, rotundity, weight

Antonyms: leanness, reediness, slenderness, slimness, svelteness, thinness

Related Words: bulkiness, heaviness; huskiness, stoutness; brawniness, burliness; endomorphy

Near Antonyms: fitness, trimness; gauntness, scrawniness, skinniness, weediness

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