1700s Form Of Thicc
- Rahman Hanif
- Jan 30, 2018
- 1 min read
- Peter Pan (1953)
"It was a girl called Tinker Bell exquisitely gowned in a skeleton leaf, cut low and square, through which her figure could be seen to best advantage. She was slightly inclined to (embonpoint) " —J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan (1911)
embonpoint noun | em•bon•point | ˌämbônˈpwän
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Definition of EMBONPOINT plumpness of person : STOUTNESS First Known Use : 1670
Did You Know? Embonpoint is most often used to describe people of heavy, but not unattractive, girth. It derives from "en bon point," a phrase from Middle French that means ,n good condition." The word was first used as a noun in English in the 17th century. It has subsequently appeared In works by Charlotte Bronze ("a form decidedly inclined to embonpoint" - Shirley), James Fenimore Cooper ran embonpoint that was Just sufficient to distinguish her from most of her companions"- Nome as Found), and George Eliot ("as erect in her comely embonpoint as a statue of Ceres" - Adam Bede), among others.
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