overnourished

Adjective

overnourished (comparative more overnourished, superlative most overnourished)

1. Excessively nourished.
   • If a part obtain really an addition of substance, not dependent on transformation or new formation, it is said to be hypertrophied. This is a new word, but it is a very convenient one. The part suffers an excess of nourishment; it is therefore hypertrophied, over-nourished. […] You may have a part...1832 January 28, John Elliotson, “Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Medicine; Delivered at London University, by Dr. Elliotson. Part I.—Lecture XVII.”, in London Medical Gazette; being a Weekly...
   • Peters Atlas of the World (1990) describes the following countries as being "overnourished" (defined as an average daily caloric consumption ≥3,500): United States of America, Greenland, Ireland, France, Netherlands, […] Two atlas maps suggest possible causal relationships with overnourishment....1994, LeeAnn Alexander-Mott, D. Barry Lumsden, editors, Understanding Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Obesity, Washington, D.C.; London: Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 224
2. (euphemistic, often) Overweight.
   • Lawn vacuums will clean up grass cuttings either as behind-the-mower units or self-propelled or push-type outfits that look like an overnourished Hoover.1972 June, E. F. Lindsley, “The New Yard Tools that Finish the Job: Can Gardening be Fun? Yes, if You Use the New Labor-saving Tools on Backbreaking Jobs”, in Popular Science, volume 200, number 6...
   • Policemen who've grown uhhh, overnourished, by helping themselves to free meals at the expense of hapless carinderia owners.2000 March 15, Philippine Daily Inquirer, page 9