overobese

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

over- +‎ obese

Adjective[edit]

overobese (comparative more overobese, superlative most overobese)

  1. Excessively obese.
    • 1957, Newell Clark Gilbert, Lester August Nalefski, Collected Papers of Dr. Newell Clark Gilbert: A Memorial Volume, page 321:
      In the overobese an appropriate diet should be ordered. It is better if the diet is adjusted to the point so that it just about equals the patient's caloric needs.
    • 2009, Kalpana M. Naghnoor, Abstruse, page 213:
      Her over fifty years of nerves and an overobese body could take it no more; she crumpled into a huge bundle next to the corpse.