noun
embonpoint
Embonpoint (noun) means a pleasingly plump or rounded figure.
noun
1
A pleasingly plump or rounded figure.
"She was slightly inclined to embonpoint."
— J.M. Barrie, Peter and Wendy (1911)
"The beautiful woman threw off her sabletrimmed wrap, displaying her queenly shoulders and heaving embonpoint."
— James Joyce, Ulysses (1922)
"The patient's physicians had always allowed him to indulge a gargantuan appetite, countering his intake and regulating his embonpoint by a heroic diet of purges and enemas."
— Colin Jones, The Great Nation (2002)
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Etymology
Comes from French embonpoint, as a direct borrowing.
Synonyms
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plumpness
roundness
Rhymes for embonpoint
point
joint
anoint
appoint
endpoint
pinpoint
gunpoint
viewpoint
standpoint
disappoint
PowerPoint
checkpoint
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Frequently asked questions
What is the meaning of embonpoint?
"embonpoint" (noun) means a pleasingly plump or rounded figure.
What is another word for embonpoint?
Other words for "embonpoint" include plumpness, roundness.
