Words / C2

KORP-y-uh-l-uh-nt/ˈkɔːpjələnt/

Corpulent means fat; having a bulky body (formal): a corpulent figure, corpulent from years at a desk. Fat (already in the dictionary) is everyday; capacious (already in the dictionary) is roomy, of a bag or an appendix, not of a person. Listless (already in the dictionary) is without energy, a different judgement. Bulk on the organogram does not date an embargo.

Meaning

Fat; having a bulky body (formal).

Examples

• “A corpulent chair still has to date the embargo.”
• “Fat is everyday (already in A1). Capacious is roomy of a container (already in C2) — the mix-up. Listless is without energy (already in C2). A named post can still be held by anyone. A silhouette that never states the date is theatre. Write the embargo; leave the physique.”

Good to know

Fat; bulky of body (formal). Everyday: fat (already in this dictionary). Mix-up: capacious (roomy — already in C2). Contrast: listless (no energy — already in C2). Bulk ≠ a date.

Near in meaning

stout, portly, bulky, heavy

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