overweight Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the property of excessive fatness
    corpulence; stoutness; adiposis.
  2. adjective satellite usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
    heavy; fleshy.

WordNet


O"ver*weight` noun
Definitions
  1. Weight over and above what is required by law or custom.
  2. Superabundance of weight; preponderance.
O"ver*weight" adjective
Definitions
  1. Overweighing; excessive. Obs. "Of no overweight worth." Fuller.

Webster 1913