obesity
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French obésité, from Latin obēsitās, from obēsus (“fat”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ə(ʊ)ˈbiːsɪti/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /oʊˈbisɪti/, [-ɾi]
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /oʊˈbɛzɪti/[1]
- Hyphenation: obes‧i‧ty
Noun
[edit]obesity (countable and uncountable, plural obesities)
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]act or state of being obese
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References
[edit]- ^ Meredith, L. P. (1872) “Obesity”, in Every-Day Errors of Speech[1], Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott & Co., page 33.
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