obese

Etymology

From Latin obēsus, derived from obedō (“I devour, eat away”), from ob (“away”) + edō (“I eat”). Displaced native Old English oferfǣtt (literally “overfat”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /oʊˈbis/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /əʊˈbiːs/, /əˈbiːs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːs

Adjective

obese (comparative more obese or obeser, superlative most obese or obesest)

1. Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their conventionally ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m².
   • 2020 October 3, Peter Bowes, “Trump spends first night in hospital after Covid-19 diagnosis”, in BBC:

     The president, being 74, a man and someone categorised as obese, is in a higher-risk category for Covid-19.

   • 2020, Christia Marie Ramos, “Teacher behind exam material body-shaming Angel Locsin undergoing admin probe — DepEd”, in Philippine Daily Inquirer:

     But it can be recalled that Locsin earlier called out DepEd for seemingly being “unaffected” by the actions of a teacher who body-shamed her by describing her ^[sic] “an obese person” in a Physical Education (PE) educational material after the agency issued an apology.

Noun

obese (plural obeses)

1. A person who is obese.
   • 2009, Abdoulaye Ba, Stephane Delliaux, Fabienne Bregeon, Samuel Levy, Yves Jammes, “Post-exercise heart rate recovery in healthy, obeses, and COPD subjects: relationships with blood lactic acid and PaO2 levels”, in Clinical Research in Cardiology‎, volume 98, number 1, Springer, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 52–58:

     Despite a large scattering of HR decay rate, even present in healthy subjects, a ₂ and ΔHR were significantly lower in obeses and COPDs.

   • 2014, Ahmet Celik, Edibe Saricicek, Vahap Saricicek, Elif Sahin, Gokhan Ozdemir, Metin Kilinc, Ayten Oguz, Relation between the new anthropometric obesity parameters and inflammatory markers in healthy adult men‎, SCIRJ:

     Subjects were grouped as Group 1 and Group 2 according to VAI, and normals, overweights and obeses according to BMI.

Anagrams

• Boese

Adjective

obese (not comparable)

1. obese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈbe.ze/, (traditional) /oˈbɛ.ze/
• Rhymes: -eze, (traditional) -ɛze
• Hyphenation: o‧bé‧se, (traditional) o‧bè‧se

Adjective

obese f pl

1. feminine plural of obeso

Noun

obese f pl

1. feminine plural of obeso

Participle

obēse

1. vocative masculine singular of obēsus