adj. Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m2.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Exceedingly corpulent; fat: fleshy.
In entomology, very much larger than usual; appearing as if distended with food, as the abdomen of a meloë or oil-beetle.
Specifically, of or pertaining to the Obesa.
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adj. excessively fat
Word Usage
"The UK is on course to be the most obese nation in Europe by 2050 with 60\% of men and 50\% of women classed as obese* and surgical weight loss controls are becoming evermore popular."