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obese

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obese /ə(ʊ)ˈbiːs /
▸ adjective very fat or overweight:
a hugely obese young man
one in ten people surveyed were obese.
– DERIVATIVES
obeseness /ə(ʊ)ˈbiːsnɪs / noun
– ORIGIN mid 17th century: from Latin obesus ‘having eaten until fat’, from ob- ‘away, completely’ + esus (past participle of edere ‘eat’).