obese means 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. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 70 out of 100.
obese is pronounced /oʊˈbis/.
Etymology
From Latin obēsus, derived from obedō (“to devour, eat away”), from ob (“away”) + edō (“to eat”).
adj
- 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.”
noun
- 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.”