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corpulency

/ˈkɔː(ɹ)pjʊlənsi/

corpulency is the alternative form 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

Forms of corpulency

pluralcorpulencies

Origin of corpulency

From corpulence + -y or corpulent + -cy.

Questions about corpulency

What is corpulency the alternative form of?
Corpulency is the alternative form of corpulence.
How do you pronounce corpulency?
Corpulency is pronounced /ˈkɔː(ɹ)pjʊlənsi/.

Words near corpulency in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: corpulency (page history and authors); corpulence (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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