CORPULENCE, CORPULENT
ADJECTIVES
► ABDOMINOUS corpulent, having a paunch or big belly → 1651
► BAGGED corpulent, having a big belly → 1873 Sc.
► BAGGY corpulent, big-bellied → 1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BARREL-BELLIED corpulent, having a round and protuberant belly → 1697
► BAUSY corpulent, large, fat, coarse → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BEER-BRUSSEN corpulent from drinking → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BELLIED corpulent, big-bellied → 1532
► BOISTOUS corpulent, fat → 19C Eng. dial.
► BOUKIT corpulent, large, bulky; swollen; pregnant → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BURLY corpulent, stout, sturdy, massively built; of large body or trunk → c1400
► BUSTIOUS corpulent, thickset, over-fat → 1854 Eng. dial.
► CORSIOUS corpulent, big-bodied, stout → 1430 obs.
► CORSY corpulent, fat, plump, big-bodied, stout → c1440 obs.
► FADGY corpulent, fat, unwieldy, short and thickset in person → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FAT-FED corpulent, full-fleshed; said of a man → 1607
► GLORRY corpulent, fat; greasy → 1886 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GORBELLIED having a protuberant belly; corpulent → 1529 obs.
► GORREL-BELLIED corpulent, pot-bellied → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GOTCH-GUTTED corpulent, having a pot belly → 1694 Eng. dial.
► GROSS corpulent, burly, big-bodied → 1577
► GULCHY coarsely fat; corpulent → 1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GULSKY coarsely fat, corpulent → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GURTHIE corpulent, obese → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► GUTTY corpulent, pot-bellied → 1607 chiefly Sc.
► PODDY corpulent, obese, stout; round in the belly → 1844 colloq.
► POLYSARCOUS corpulent, obese → 1890
► PURSY fat, corpulent → 1576
► TOT-BELLIED corpulent, pot-bellied → 19C Eng. dial.
► TUNNIFIED very corpulent → 1806 humorous usage
► TUNNISH very corpulent; somewhat like a tun or cask → a1529 obs.
► UNEATHILY corpulent, hard to move, unwieldy → 1905 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► WALLOCKING corpulent and walking with an awkward, rolling gait → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WAMIE big-bellied, corpulent → 1825 Sc.
NOUNS
► BANNOCK-HIVE corpulence induced by eating plentifully→ 1790 Sc.
► CORSINESS a being corpulent → 1587 obs.
► VENTROSITY corpulence→ 1891
► WAMINESS corpulence→ 1825 Sc.
NOUNS, PERSON
► BAGGIE ► BAGGY a corpulent person → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BAGREL a corpulent person → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BANNOCK-HIVE a corpulent person → 1790 Sc.
► BARGEY a very corpulent man or woman of large posterior development → 1890 sl. (Bk.)
► BARREL a corpulent person; a nickname for a fat person → 1909 sl.
► BIG BOZO a corpulent man → World War II Amer. sl.
► BIG GUY a corpulent man → World War II Amer. sl.
► BOWL OF JELLY a corpulent person; a very fat person → 1965 Amer. dial.
► FUSTILARIAN a woman of gross or corpulent habit → 1600 obs.
► GILBELTIN ► GIRBELTIN a corpulent man → 1922 Sc. obs.
► GORBELLY a corpulent, big-bellied person; a glutton → 1856 Eng. dial.
► GURRELL-BELLY a fat, corpulent person; a glutton → 1891 Eng. dial.
► GUTS a corpulent or gluttonous person; a very fat, gross person → 1598
► GUTTY a fat, corpulent person → 1824 Sc.
► JELLY a corpulent person; a very fat person → 1965 Amer. dial.
► JELLY BELLY a corpulent person; a very fat person → 1934 Amer. dial.
► JELLY FAT a corpulent person; a very fat person → 1965 Amer. dial.
► POKE-PUD a corpulent or gluttonous person → 1820 Sc. colloq.
► POKE-PUDDING a corpulent or gluttonous person → 1754 Sc.
VERBS
► BELLY to become corpulent or stout→ 1641 obs.