Côr'pu-lent, a.

a. [Lat. corpulentus, from corpus, body; Fr. & Pr. corpulent, Sp., Pg., & It. corpুলento.] 1. Having an excessive quantity of flesh, in proportion to the frame of the body. They provided me always a strong horse, because I was corpulent and heavy. Hackluyt. 2. Solid; gross; opaque. [Obs.] “The overmuch perspicuity of the stone may seem more corpulent.” Holland. Syn.—Stout; fleshy; robust; large; fat; lusty; pursy; obese. See STOUT.