heavyset

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heavyset

/ˈhɛviˌsɛt/

Where it comes from

From heavy + set.

adjective more heavyset · most heavyset · heavy-set

of a person Overweight.
Similar: heavy, husky
euphemistic, of a person Obese.
Similar: heavy, husky
of a person Having a large, solid, imposing bodily appearance. 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.
Similar: thickset, stout, stocky

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adj corpulent, and sometimes with a squat appearance

Français	corpulent

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@misc{heavyset_2026,
  title = {heavyset},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/heavyset},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}