Crossword clues for embonpoint
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.
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."
Wiktionary
a. plump, chubby, buxom. n. plumpness, stoutness, especially when voluptuous.
WordNet
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.