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Plump for ripping new option: MBE!
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embonpoint
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Word definitions for embonpoint in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Embonpoint \Em`bon`point"\, n. [F., fr. en bon point in good condition. See Bon , and Point .] Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat corpulent.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. euphemisms for slightly fat; "a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton; "chubby babies"; "pleasingly plump" [syn: buxom , chubby , plump , zaftig , zoftig ] n. the bodily property of being well rounded [syn: plumpness ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. plump, chubby, buxom. n. plumpness, stoutness, especially when voluptuous.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"plumpness," 1751, from French embonpoint "fullness, plumpness" (16c.), from Old French phrase en bon point , literally "in good condition." Often a euphemism for "fatness."
Usage examples of embonpoint.
He is attempting to peer over her shoulder to see what she is up to with her batterie de cuisine but his embonpoint gets in the way.
Why, that dear child’s embonpoint is perfectly exquisite—a mere tickle of it and she jerks and laughs, so merry is her pleasure to be fondled there.
She was one of those women who, inclined to embonpoint, have round smooth wrinkleless faces until they die.