obese (obes)

[= F. obèse = Sp. Pg. It. obe so, L. obes us, fat, stout, plump, gro , lit. 'eaten up' (having eaten oneself fat), being also used in the pa ive sense 'eaten up,' 'wasted away,' 'lean, pp. of obedere (only in the pp.), eat up, eat away, The author's counsel runs upon his corpulency, just as one said of an over- obese priest that he was an Armenian. Gayton, Notes on Don Quixote, p. 8. An obese person, with his waistcoat in closer connection with his legs than is quite reconcilable with the established ideas of grace. Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, xix. 2. In entom., very much larger than usual; appearing as if distended with food, as the abdomen of a meloë or oil-beetle. - 3. Specifically, of or pertaining to the Obesa. obesene (ō-bēs'nes), п. The state or quality of being obese; exce ive fatne ; corpulency. The fatne of monks, and the obesene of abbots. Bp. Gauden, Hi eras pistes, p. 560. ( Latham. ) [F. obésité = Sp. obe obesity (o-bes'i-ti), n. Pg. obesidade = It. obes ità, IMG:content-1560.jpg:[graphic] sidad = IMG:content-1561.png:[blocks in formation] the fourth ventricle.