obese Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite excessively fat
    rotund; corpulent; weighty.
    • a weighty man

WordNet

O*bese" adjective
Etymology
L. obesus eaten away, lean; also, that has eaten itself fat, fat, stout, p.p. of obedere to devour; ob (see Ob-) + edere to eat. See Eat.
Definitions
  1. Excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy.

Webster 1913