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# {{lb|en|of a person}} Having a [[large]], [[solid]], [[imposing]] bodily appearance; [[overweight]]. |
# {{lb|en|of a person}} Having a [[large]], [[solid]], [[imposing]] bodily appearance; [[overweight]]; [[obese]]. |
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#* {{quote-journal|en|date=20 Mar 1989|title=One Bear Of a Soviet Politician|titleurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201163901/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,957279,00.html|journal=Time |
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=20 Mar 1989|title=One Bear Of a Soviet Politician|titleurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201163901/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,957279,00.html|journal=Time |
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|passage=No Soviet political figure has been as irreverently outspoken about Soviet life or as ambitious to change it as Boris Yeltsin, 58, a '''heavyset''', 6-ft. 2-in. man from Sverdlovsk in the Ural Mountains.}} |
|passage=No Soviet political figure has been as irreverently outspoken about Soviet life or as ambitious to change it as Boris Yeltsin, 58, a '''heavyset''', 6-ft. 2-in. man from Sverdlovsk in the Ural Mountains.}} |
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Latest revision as of 15:34, 28 September 2024
See also: heavy-set
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]heavyset (comparative more heavyset, superlative most heavyset)
- (of a person) Having a large, solid, imposing bodily appearance; overweight; obese.
- 1989 March 20, “One Bear Of a Soviet Politician”, in Time:
- No Soviet political figure has been as irreverently outspoken about Soviet life or as ambitious to change it as Boris Yeltsin, 58, a heavyset, 6-ft. 2-in. man from Sverdlovsk in the Ural Mountains.
Usage notes
[edit]- Heavyset suggests corpulence, and sometimes a squat appearance, but not extreme obesity.