单词 | embonpoint |
释义 | embonpoint (once / 30152 pages) nadj Embonpoint is a fancy way to talk about someone's curvy or plump figure. Embonpoint, pronounced "ahm-bohn-PWAH," is, you guessed it, French in origin. It comes from the phrase "en bon point," which literally means "in good shape." Embonpoint is generally a compliment, not a criticism — it doesn't mean overweight or fat. You can use embonpoint as a noun or as an adjective: "Your embonpoint friend looks wonderfully curvy in her new dress." Although this word is usually used to describe bodies, the Romantic poet John Keats takes some poetic license when he describes eating a nectarine: “It went down soft, pulpy, slushy, oozy — all its delicious embonpoint melted down my throat like a large beatified Strawberry.” WORD FAMILYembonpoint: embonpoints USAGE EXAMPLESHe’s carrying a bit of weight – you could almost say embonpoint. The Guardian(Mar 31, 2016) Long taunted for his embonpoint, polite French for tubbiness, the affable pol used to garner dessert-inspired nicknames. Newsweek(Nov 10, 2012) Tristan was played by the Canadian Ben Heppner, and he has a belly quite as superb as the diva's own embonpoint. The Guardian(Aug 24, 2012) 1n the bodily property of being well rounded Syn|Hypo|Hyper plumpness, roundness chubbiness, pudginess, rolypoliness, tubbiness the property of having a plump and round body buxomnessthe bodily property of being attractively plump and vigorous and (of women) full-bosomed corpulency, fleshiness, obesity more than average fatness 2adj sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure Syn chubby, plump fat having an (over)abundance of flesh |
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