Definition of embonpoint in English:
embonpoint
noun ˌɒmbɒ̃ˈpwãˌämbônˈpwän
The plump or fleshy part of a person's body, in particular a woman's bosom.
I have lost my embonpoint, and become quite thin
Example sentencesExamples
- Both women have the chalky flesh-tones, the lank pelt of body-hair, and the deep folds of embonpoint characteristic of Baldung's unenticing nudes.
- One theory is that the cold and wet in the opening week did not permit him to lose weight, as the heat he prefers might have: an extra kilo of embonpoint does not help on mountains.
- For example, when she wasn't working car shows, Kelley worked bars in Richmond Hill, her embonpoint en regalia in a low-cut dress with a beer logo plastered on it.
- The much discussed embonpoint was merely his lungs forcing his stomach out.
- One reason she gave was that other women plainly resented her glorious embonpoint.
Origin
Late 17th century: from French en bon point 'in good condition'.