overweight

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the property of excessive fatness
adjective usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

From over- + weight.

Scott nearly dragged the balding, overweight, sometimes harsh 60 year old Doug McGuire across the newsroom. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau
“The train overweights it.” Old Mr. Neave, forgotten, sank into the broad lap of his chair, and, dozing, heard them as though he dreamed. — The Garden Party, and Other Stories, Katherine Mansfield
That these would hide and conceal her beautiful curves and contour, as well as overweight her, seemed certain; that she would resist them all to the last seemed equally clear. — Short Stories of Various Types, Unknown

corpulence, stoutness, adiposis

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