obese
Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their conventionally ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m2.
Related words
- antiobese
- hyperobese
- nonobese
- obeast
- obeseism
- obesely
- obeseness
- obesify
- obesogenic
- obesophobia
- overobese
- postobese
Word history
From Latin "obēsus".
Where this comes from
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