different between corpulent vs paunchy

English

Etymology

From Middle English corpulent, from Old French corpulent, from Latin corpulentus

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??pj?l?nt/, /?k??pj?l?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??pj?l?nt/

Adjective

corpulent (comparative more corpulent, superlative most corpulent)

1. Large in body; fat; overweight.
2. (obsolete) Physical, material, corporeal.

Usage notes

• In contemporary usage, "corpulent" can designate a range of bodily states, from modest plumpness to significant fatness to extreme obesity.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:obese

Related terms

• corpulence

Translations

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French corpulent, from Old French corpulent, from Latin corpulentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?r.py?l?nt/
• Hyphenation: cor?pu?lent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

corpulent (comparative corpulenter, superlative corpulentst)

1. overweight, corpulent

   Synonyms: gezet, lijvig

Inflection

Derived terms

• corpulentheid
• corpulentie

French

Etymology

From Middle French corpulent, from Old French corpulent, a borrowing from Latin corpulentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.py.l??/

Adjective

corpulent (feminine singular corpulente, masculine plural corpulents, feminine plural corpulentes)

1. corpulent, stout

Related terms

• corpulence

Further reading

• “corpulent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

paunch +? -y.

Adjective

paunchy (comparative paunchier, superlative paunchiest)

1. Having a paunch; having a prominent stomach; potbellied.

   He exercised every day to avoid becoming paunchy in his old age.

   • 1958, John M. Kays, Basic animal husbandry (page 269)

     A trim-middled hog will have a higher dressing percentage than a wasty, gutty, paunchy, heavy-middled hog.

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