Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A person who is obese.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryExtremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their conventionally ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m².
From Latin obēsus, derived from obedō (“to devour, eat away”), from ob (“away”) + edō (“to eat”).
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