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English
Etymology
From adipose + -ity, from Latin adeps (“fat, lard”).
Noun
adiposity (plural adiposities)
- Obesity; the state of being fat.
1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 307:"Why this sudden concern about adiposity?" asked Hardman.
- The condition of being adipose; adipose tissue.
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