Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

corpulence

 

excessive fatness

 

Now seriously overweight, the police lieutenant was told by the new chief to choose between corpulence and the retention of his position.

 

Related English word: corpulent (obese)

 

Latin root words: corpulentia, corpulentiae, f. - fatness; corpulentus, corpunta, corpulentum - fat; corpus, corporis, n. - body

 

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