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   obese

   /ə(ʊ)ˈbiːs/

   adjective

   • 1. very fat or overweight: "a hugely obese young man"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Latin obesus ‘having eaten until fat’, from ob- ‘away, completely’ + esus (past participle of edere ‘eat’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. obeseness noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • O

     1

   • B

     3

   • E

     1

   • S

     1

   • E

     1

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