embonpoint
/ɑ̃bɔ̃pwɛ̃/
embonpoint noun: plumpness, stoutness, especially when voluptuous.
Noun
embonpoint (countable and uncountable, plural embonpoints)
- Plumpness, stoutness, especially when voluptuous.
- She was slightly inclined to embonpoint.1911, J.M. Barrie, Peter and Wendy
- The beautiful woman threw off her sabletrimmed wrap, displaying her queenly shoulders and heaving embonpoint.1922 February 2, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC
Adjective
embonpoint (comparative more embonpoint, superlative most embonpoint)
- Plump, chubby, buxom.
- "Though it is six years since I have seen you," exclaimed Anne, "you are not the least altered; instead of that, you are handsomer than ever; your being rather more embonpoint suits you, and your complexion is brilliant to a degree."1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 294
- Synonyms:
- ample, beer-bellied, big, bulky, chubby, chunky, fat, flabby, fleshy, full-figured
embonpoint meaning in Tamil and Bengali
embonpoint in Tamil
- உடல்செழிப்பு, தளதளப்பு, தடிமன், குண்டு, புஷ்டி
embonpoint in Bengali
- শরীরের পুষ্ট ও স্থূলতা
Synonyms of embonpoint
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Forms of embonpoint
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | embonpoints |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more embonpoint |
| superlative | most embonpoint |
Origin of embonpoint
Borrowed from French embonpoint.
Questions about embonpoint
- What does embonpoint mean?
- Embonpoint means plumpness, stoutness, especially when voluptuous.
- What is embonpoint in Tamil?
- Embonpoint in Tamil is உடல்செழிப்பு, தளதளப்பு, தடிமன். See Embonpoint meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is embonpoint?
- Embonpoint can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce embonpoint?
- Embonpoint is pronounced /ɑ̃bɔ̃pwɛ̃/.
- What is the plural of embonpoint?
- The plural of embonpoint is embonpoints.
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