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corpulences

corpulences is the plural of corpulence.

Meaning of corpulence

Noun

corpulence (countable and uncountable, plural corpulences)

  1. The characteristic or state of being corpulent.
    • Corpulence is a beauty: girls are fattened to a vast bulk by drenches of curds and cream thickened with flour, and are duly disciplined when they refuse.1860, Richard F[rancis] Burton, “We Return to Unyanyembe”, in The Lake Regions of Central Africa: A Picture of Exploration […], volume II, London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, →OCLC, page 182
    Antonyms:
    slimness, thinness

Questions about corpulences

What is corpulences the plural of?
Corpulences is the plural of corpulence.

Words near corpulences in the dictionary

  1. corpswoman
  2. corpswomen
  3. corpsy
  4. corpulence
  5. corpulence index
  6. corpulences
  7. corpulencies
  8. corpulency
  9. corpulent
  10. corpulently
  11. corpulentness

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