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corpulent

[kawr-pyuh-luhnt] / ˈkɔr pjə lənt /


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It blooms as the pages turn, like a prickly flower, beginning with the story of the corpulent, nerdy, sci-fi-obsessed title character growing up in Paterson, N.J.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025

In a 1926 strip, we meet Skinny Slats, an ironically corpulent lad who squeezes out of an inkwell.

From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

Colombian artist Fernando Botero, who gained worldwide fame with his sculptures and paintings of corpulent figures, has died at the age of 91.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2023

As corpulent and as unwieldy as the film’s vision of London is — sluggish, lumbering and clumsy — the movie isn’t something you savor so much as swallow whole, without tasting it.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2018

A corpulent, rednosed wizard had actually taken out an ear trumpet.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling




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