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Definition of Obeseness
1. n. Quality of being obese; obesity.
Definition of Obeseness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obeseness
Literary usage of Obeseness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly (1891)
"In its obeseness it blackens with the rising sun, and soon leaves little else
behind except the thousands of almost microscopic seeds, for which the icy ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1891)
"In its obeseness it blackens with the rising sun, and soon lea'- else behind
except the thousands of almost microscopic seeds, for which the icy winter only ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Root uncertain. See Obolus. OBESE, fat, fleshy. (L.) The sb. obeseness is in
Bailey, vol. ii. ed. 1731. ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"... till it ends in a point like a pyramid. OBESITY, (o-bes'-se-te)" J fatness ;
in- cumbrance of flesh.' obeseness, (o-bese'-nes) >.i. «. ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1877)
"... more readily and safely than by an undue diminution of the amount of heat-supplying
food, the tendency to obeseness may frequently be corrected. ..."
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