Definitions for corpulent

corpulent cor·pu·lent

Spelling: [kawr-pyuh-luh nt]
IPA: /ˈkɔr pyə lənt/

Corpulent is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 534 anagrams from letters in corpulent (celnoprtu).

Definitions for corpulent

adjective

  1. large or bulky of body; portly; stout; fat.

Origin of corpulent

1350-1400; Middle English Latin corpulentus, equivalent to corp(us) body + -ulentus -ulent

Examples for corpulent

He was a corpulent, florid man, purse-proud, and self-sufficient.

He was a corpulent old Swiss, who had the look of a veteran traveller.

He left the ellipsis to be filled in by the corpulent blackguard's intelligence.

He was as tall as the captain was short—as thin as his superior was corpulent.

The combination of scantily clad, attractive women and scantily clad, corpulent men makes Philip Roth's imagination look feminist.

The corpulent and swarthy Hicks stood dejectedly before her.

What harm could visit him if he yielded to this corpulent adventurer's insistence?

Tolkien used his Northern European imagination not to frighten but at least to compel belief in the corpulent, red-clad judge.

He was in his late and corpulent forties and was something of a dandy.

Ireland comes in as the most corpulent country, according to the report, with a 47% projected obesity rate for both men and women.

Word Value for corpulent
Scrable

13

Words with friends

18

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