Embonpoint

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Embonpoint \Em`bon`point"\, n. [F., fr. en bon point in good
     condition. See {Bon}, and {Point}.]
     Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat
     corpulent.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  embonpoint
       adj : euphemisms for slightly fat; "a generation ago...buxom
             actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton; "chubby
             babies"; "pleasingly plump" [syn: {buxom}, {chubby}, {plump},
              {zaftig}, {zoftig}]
       n : the bodily property of being well rounded [syn: {plumpness}]