/oʊˈbis/, /əʊˈbiːs/, /əˈbiːs/
OriginFrom Latin obēsus, derived from obedō (“I devour, eat away”), from ob (“away”) + edō (“I eat”). Displaced native Old English oferfǣtt (literally “overfat”).
- Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their conventionally ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m².
“The president, being 74, a man and someone categorised as obese, is in a higher-risk category for Covid-19.”
“But it can be recalled that Locsin earlier called out DepEd for seemingly being “unaffected” by the actions of a teacher who body-shamed her by describing her ^([sic]) “an obese person” in a Physical ”
- A person who is obese.
“Despite a large scattering of HR decay rate, even present in healthy subjects, a ₂ and ΔHR were significantly lower in obeses and COPDs.”
“Subjects were grouped as Group 1 and Group 2 according to VAI, and normals, overweights and obeses according to BMI.”
Formsmore obese(comparative) · obeser(comparative) · most obese(superlative) · obesest(superlative) · obeses(plural)