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embonpoint

[ French ahn-bawn-pwan ]

/ French ɑ̃ bɔ̃ˈpwɛ̃ /

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noun

excessive plumpness; stoutness.

Origin of embonpoint

From French, dating back to 1655–65, literally, in good condition

Words nearby embonpoint

embolize, embololalia, embolus, embolus , emboly, embonpoint, embosk, embosom, emboss, embossed, embothrium

Example sentences from the Web for embonpoint

Long taunted for his embonpoint, polite French for tubbiness, the affable pol used to garner dessert-inspired nicknames.

French President Francois Hollande’s Inability to Tie a Necktie Earns France’s Scorn |Tracy McNicoll |November 10, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Nevertheless, it cannot be denied, that upon the whole they are hereditarily entitled to embonpoint.

Moby Dick; or The Whale |Herman Melville
"It's all we do do," said the lady of the embonpoint, whose first name by now he had gleaned as Winifred.

What Will People Say? |Rupert Hughes
Mrs. Hastings has been a remarkably fine woman; she is now five-and-thirty, and still good looking, though disposed to embonpoint.

Wanderings in India |John Lang

The Phelan shoulders and embonpoint, still in negligee, followed.

Officer 666 |Barton W. Currie
He was six feet and two inches in height, and weighed 250 pounds; he had no inclination to embonpoint but was muscular and robust.

The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 |Ben Casseday

British Dictionary definitions for embonpoint

embonpoint

/ French (ɑ̃bɔ̃pwɛ̃) /

noun

plumpness or stoutness

adjective

plump; stout

Word Origin for embonpoint

C18: from phrase en bon point in good condition