corpulence n the property of excessive fatness Usage(s) Does corpulence make a difference? It does; 52. Of medium size and corpulence, with heavy, mustached face, he lives in Cap Ferrat, France, travels widely, stutters, has effeminate men friends. A tennis fanatic when he was younger, his increasing corpulence later became a preoccupation, she says, so he exercised daily by swimming laps. Synonym(s) overweight stoutness adiposis
Quotes corpulence William Banting in Jamaica Observer As long ago as l864 a Dr William Banting wrote a pamphlet entitled "A Letter on Corpulence, Addressed to the Public" promoting a low-carbohydrate diet that enabled him to lose 46 pounds in a year.