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obese

o·bese [ ō bss ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. overweight: extremely or unhealthily fat or overweight

2. clinically overweight: having a body weight more than 20 percent greater than recommended for the relevant height and thus at risk from several serious illnesses, including diabetes and heart disease

[Mid-17th century. < Latin obesus, past participle of assumed obedere "eat until overweight" < edere "eat"]

o·bese·ly adverb
o·bese·ness noun
o·be·si·ty noun
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